“In 10 years, it won’t mean anything. My work will live longer than I will, and that’s what will be remembered,” Kevin Spacey said in an interview with Germany’s Zeit magazine last month in the lead-up to his sexual assault trial. “There are people right now who are ready to hire me the moment I am cleared of these charges in London.”
The actor, who carved out a niche as Hollywood’s favourite sinister villain, has spent years in the wilderness since abuse allegations first surfaced amid the growing #MeToo movement. Now he will seek to restore his reputation and rebuild his career after he was cleared of sexually assaulting four men.