Kevin Spacey responds to Guy Pearce who accuses him of attack on the set of the Confidential

In an interview with Hollywood Reporter actor Guy Pearce recounts the bad memories he keeps from the shooting of L.A. Confidential In 1997, where he shared the poster with Kevin Spacey. The Australian explains in particular that he has rejected ” for five months »The advances of the Oscar -winning actor.

« I was really afraid of Kevin because he is a fairly aggressive man. He is extremely charming and brilliant in what he does – really impressive. But I was young and sensitive and he attacked me ”, explained Guy Pearce. At the time, the actor would have entrusted his wife Kate Mestitz only feeling safe on the set when Simon Baker, another actor of the film, was present. The 57 -year -old actor said he had taken a long time before he realized that he had been one of the victims of Kevin Spacey.

According to him, Guy Pearce stopped repressing these bad memories when several other men began, from 2017, to accuse Kevin Spacey of harassment or rape. ” When I read these complaints, I cracked, I cried and I couldn’t stop. I think I really realized what had happened and what I had ignored and put asideHe says. Without going into the detail of what would have happened to him, he claims to be a victim “To a certain extent”.

« Gone a bit »

Facts refuted by the principal concerned. “” We worked together for a very long time. If I had done something that had upset you, you could have come to see me and we could have discussed it. But you preferred to speak to the press, which of course, attacks me now because they would like to know my answer“Said Kevin Spacey in a video of almost two minutes, published on social networks. “” Do you want to know my answer? Gone a bit », Gets the actor.

« By the way, did you also tell the press as a year after the shooting of L.A Confidential, You came to see me in Savannah, in Georgia, while I was shooting Midnight in the Valley of Good and Evil To spend time with me? “Asks Kevin Spacey. “” Did you say that to the press? Or does this not correspond to your victim scenario? I apologize if I did not receive the message that you did not like to spend time with me. Or maybe there is another reason ». He continues: ” You are now on a mission, 28 years later, when I lived hell. What took you so much time? I am open to discussion, I will be happy to do it when you want, even on x if it enchants you! I have nothing to hide. But Guy, you have to grow. You are not a victim. »

Accused of sexual assault by several men in England and the United States, Kevin Spacey has always denied the facts. In a first case, the actor was tried not guilty by New York civil court in 2022 and was acquitted in another procedure in July 2023 in London. The proceedings were abandoned by the American authorities in 2019 in another case. On February 12, a British law firm announced a new sexual assault procedure in London, filed by a former British actor Kevin Spacey led between 2003 and 2015.