Kevin Spacey to appear in first movie since misconduct allegations came to light
Spacey was accused by multiple people of sexual misconduct and lost his role on Netflix's 'House of Cards'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Actor Kevin Spacey is on the comeback trail, booking his first film role in four years.
ABC News reports Spacey will appear in the Italian film "L’uomo Che Disegno Dio," or "The Man Who Drew God." The film will be directed by Franco Nero and also star Nero’s wife, Vanessa Redgrave.
"I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film," Nero told ABC News. "I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie." Spacey is not commenting.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The appearance will be Spacey’s first in four years, since multiple sexual assault charges and other misconduct issues first surfaced against the two-time Oscar winner.
Spacey lost his role as manipulative President Frank Underwood in Netflix’s "House of Cards" in 2017, when the first allegations surfaced.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The cases against Spacey included at least 20 young men reporting alleged sexual misconduct by the actor at the London theater, the Old Vic, between 1995 and 2013. Then, in 2018, Spacey was charged with indecent assault stemming from an alleged incident with a teenager on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2016. He pleaded not guilty, and charges were later dropped when the alleged victim withdrew and also dropped a civil lawsuit against the actor.
Kevin Spacey will return to show business for the first time since sexual misconduct scandals came to light. (Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage)
Spacey’s legal woes also included two separate sexual assault cases in Los Angeles. In those, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges against Spacey. The statute of limitations had run out in one case and the second alleged victim, a massage therapist, died. A lawsuit against Spacey involving the massage therapist was also dismissed.
In yet another lawsuit, an anonymous man in New York alleged Spacey abused him in the 1980s when he was 14. A judge in that case ruled the man cannot proceed anonymously.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}KEVIN SPACEY SET TO EVADE $40M SEXUAL ASSAULT SUIT UNLESS ACCUSER REVEALS IDENTITY
Spacey’s last prominent film role came in 2018 with "Billionaire Boys Club." The film did not fare well at the box office.
Since then, Spacey made a public speech at a museum, and kept in touch with his audience in a series of videos playing his character from "House of Cards."