Kevin Spacey is confident that he will be making new movies again soon

American actor Kevin Spacey is confident that he will soon be able to return to work in front of the cameras after the trial in which he will have to answer for alleged sexual crimes, which begins on June 28 in London, in which he hopes to be declared innocent. “I know that right now there are people who are willing to hire me as soon as I am acquitted of those charges in London. The moment that happens, they will be ready to start working,” says Spacey (63) in an exclusive interview with the German weekly Zeit magazinethe first one he has awarded since the affair surrounding his person came to the public scene.

The winner of two Hollywood Oscars spoke about the upheaval in his life after several men accused him of sexual assault and abuse in 2017. When these accusations became public, the platform Netflix removed him from the popular series. Tower of cards and director Ridley Scott from the film all the money in the world, in which he was replaced as the lead by Christopher Plummer, who returned to shoot all the scenes that had been shot with Spacey. “It was a time when many people were very afraid that they would be punished if they supported me,” says the actor who won his first Oscar with the film. the usual suspects in 1995.

Spacey, on the other hand, doubts that he can rehabilitate himself in front of the media after the scandal six years ago and reveals that he has started writing, but assures that he has no intention of going into his own experience to face the accusations. “I’m not trying to weigh the scales. I have no interest in fighting something that is not worth fighting for,” he said in an interview a few days ahead of a criminal trial in the British capital where he will face twelve charges, after four men accused him of sexual assault. two more sexual relations. without consent The events took place between 2001 and 2013. In a preliminary hearing, Spacey denied all the allegations.

Acquitted of all charges

The moment they are analyzed, they fall apart, said the actor, commenting on the accusations against him. “That’s what happened in the Rapp trial and that’s what’s going to happen in this case,” Spacey said, referring to the trial against him in a lawsuit filed by fellow actor Anthony Rapp, who accused him of abused when he was only 14 years old. Last October, Spacey was acquitted of all charges at a trial held in New York. He also assures that he has always worked hard to forget his personal problems due to the fact that he is gay, which he always denied and hid until Rapp’s accusations.

“One part of me was deeply unhappy,” admits the movie star who won her second Hollywood statuette with the film. American beauty. Finally, evaluating the scandal surrounding him, which arose at the height of the MeToo movement, Kevin Spacey is convinced that “in ten years it will mean nothing. My work will outlive me and that’s what will be remembered.”