I hate Kevin Spacey

Area Man No Longer Playing Up Resemblance To Kevin Spacey
FLAGSTAFF, AZ—Put off by such films as The Life Of David Gale, The Shipping News, and K-PAX, local insurance salesman Brian Vandervelt, 37, is no longer playing up his resemblance to Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. "From the time of Glengarry Glen Ross up through American Beauty, I was loving all the Spacey comparisons," Vandervelt told reporters Tuesday. "But after four years of smug, self-righteous crap like Pay It Forward, it's a different story." Until Spacey stops playing repellently soulful saviors of humanity, Vandervelt said he will play up his resemblance to a young Bob Newhart.

A friend of mine went to see Fleetwood Mac at the Hollywood Bowl with Edward Norton and Kevin Spacey. Just the three of them. He said that Spacey a) was rude and totally ignored him, b) was really disappointed that Courtney was out of town and kept bringing it up, c) changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie] in the limo and d) kept shifting around uncomfortably in his seat and pulling down the beanie when he thought he was being recognized even though he was in the VIP section and surrounded by other celebrities.

He sounds like such an ass.

I have to hurt him now.

That's one of the primary reasons I hate him, actually.

He seems like he practices his lines in front of a mirror instead of with other actors.

he's a total fucking narcissist, that's why. Arthurs story makes me extremely happy.

I also dispute the claim that Crowe went to shit after the Oscar - Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander were both good.

How did I miss this thread? His "rock concert clothes" sound hilarious.

on balance, I like crowe less than I like spacey, which isn't much.

OTM.

A world rejoices.

join the club, Space-Pax

bitter about that whole Bobby Darrin disaster eh

i think what he's doing as neo-impresario is rather welcome

Actor Kevin Spacey will reprise his role as villain Lex Luthor in action sequel Superman: Man of Steel, according to an industry report.

He agreed to revisit the role he took in last year's Superman Returns after meeting director Bryan Singer, said Hollywood publication Variety.

Spacey, artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre, denied that he would soon quit film acting.

"I love movies and will continue to make movies when I can," he said.

But the American Beauty star admitted: "My priorities have changed. Theatre is the number one thing in my life."

Superman Returns was the first movie about the comic book hero for 19 years, and became a global box office hit.

Superman: Man of Steel is due to be released in 2009.

Spacey is also due to appear in Telstar, a biopic of record producer Joe Meek.

He told Variety that he would play financier Major Banks in the forthcoming movie, based upon a successful West End play.

wow telstar! that'll rock.

i'll forgive any amount of upcoming shite for the bit in LA CONFIDENTIAL where he finds the dead actor in the motel. just fantastic.

http://i.imgur.com/nw2Rl.png

A friend of mine went to see Fleetwood Mac at the Hollywood Bowl with Edward Norton and Kevin Spacey. Just the three of them. He said that Spacey a) was rude and totally ignored him, b) was really disappointed that Courtney was out of town and kept bringing it up, c) changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie] in the limo and d) kept shifting around uncomfortably in his seat and pulling down the beanie when he thought he was being recognized even though he was in the VIP section and surrounded by other celebrities.

He sounds like such an ass.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 22 April 2003

:)

Mike Signorile:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-kevin-spacey-defamed-all-gay-and-bisexual-men-by-coming-out_us_59f743a7e4b07fdc5fbfb9a1

lol anthony upthread

He should come out of the closet already.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, June 9, 2004

waited for just the right occasion

you can take the boy out of the theater club but you cant take the theater club outta the boy
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, April 21, 2003 8:50 PM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o_O

out at "House of Cards"

He should come out of the closet already.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, June 9, 2004

waited for just the right occasion

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:39 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

LMAO

Ouch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41925767

the guardian is suggesting that Plummer was Ridley Scott's first choice to play Getty, but the studio made him cast a bigger name? the accompanying Spacey-as-Getty photo looks like something from a Harry Enfield sketch

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d1b593e5b6be65e91b823fd30078ac3444c5e583/0_107_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=2c326739d3c69b63f6087cec8dd0436c

for a secon thought it was some Dickens adaptation. (no pun)

reshooting a major portion of a wide-release feature given about a month's notice is pretty wild.

I do love the "No one tells me what CAN'T be done i'm Ridley Fucking Scott.. now get me Plummer.." aspect. Also someone making the point on Twitter that he got an amazing performance out of Oliver Reed in Gladiator despite the fact that he died halfway through filming.

I think I died halfway through Gladiator.

Yeah

https://orig00.deviantart.net/cab1/f/2012/325/1/b/prometheus_engineer_smiling_gif_by_milky0candy-d5lonet.gif

OMG that's him as well?

My impression is that JP Getty may have something like 15 minutes (or less) of screen time in this. Still, necessity is the mother etc.

I’m sure he’s just gonna shoot Plummer on a green screen and face-swap hom onto Spacey. Computers, y’know.

Let’s get Plummer for House of Cards, too.

fuck sake mark that gif is distressing

RIDLEYODROME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=vHCvmZlC5jQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCvmZlC5jQ&t=15s

wow everyone hates Kevin

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey is enduring a career low at the box office this weekend.

The ensemble crime-drama Billionaire Boys Club quietly opened Friday in eight theaters scattered in select states across the U.S. The indie film earned an abysmal $126 for the day and another $162 on Saturday for a two-day total of just $287 following its release on premium VOD last month, according to those with access to theater grosses. For the full weekend, Billionaire Boys Club could have trouble making much more than $425.

Put another way, that's a per location average of roughly $53 for the weekend. If going by the average ticket price to date of $9.27, that means fewer than six people showed up in each cinema. And it's by far the worst showing Spacey's career. Titles that debut first on VOD aren't generally big draws at the box office, but Billionaire Boys Club is faring particularly poorly.

Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton share top billing in Billionaire Boys Club, followed by Spacey. Emma Roberts, Jeremy Irvine, Cary Elwes, Judd Nelson and Billie Lourd also star in the movie, which is based on the real-life club of the same name that made headlines in Southern California in the 1980s. Spacey plays real-life Beverly Hills high-roller Ron Levin.

I still like him

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 04:24 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

That’s a lolquote not a cosign quote

cos she should have foreseen his rapiness in 2003 or because she was fake-person?

There is no point in history, before or after #metoo, when a movie called Billionaire Boys Club w/ Kevin Spacey and Cary Elwes would've sounded like a good night out

Honestly the funniest thing about this is that Judd Nelson is in the film, because he was in a 1987 miniseries about the same case as the lead character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNU1SNkleVY

It’s funny he was supposed itt mainly by a fake person

I mean the whole thread feels like it kind of anticipated the revelations at one level

i have to admit i would like to see the suppressed Gore Vidal film

I bet Louis CK has looked again at his notes for his planned (say.. Feb 2019) email-list-only web-exclusive stand-up comeback special and thought "Too soon..".

I mean the whole thread feels like it kind of anticipated the revelations at one level

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, August 19, 2018 6:44 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it wasn't exactly a surprise

yeah, i was kind of looking fwd to the vidal film also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U0SUsXrgCM

Honestly, I couldn't get past the first few seconds of that bizarre video. What are the most ill-conceived comeback attempts ever? Up there with Jian Ghomeshi and Anthony Wiener, for sure.

https://i.imgur.com/v3Lmdm0.jpg

Great takedown from Nathan Rabin:

Despite Spacey’s conception of himself as a lovable leading man, the oily probable sex criminal was typecast as a bad guy, a villain and a supporting player early in his career for a very good reason. He’s an extremely unlikable performer. As an actor, Spacey just doesn’t naturally convey arrogance and intelligence: he conveys the intimidating, belligerent, badgering intelligence of someone who knows exactly how smart they are and is a total asshole about it. That’s what made Spacey’s casting in The Usual Suspects so inspired: Spacey’s brilliant assholes use their ferocious intelligence as a sometimes deadly weapon. They act as if the rules that govern the actions of mere mortals do not apply to them because they’re smarter, sharper, better, more evolved and civilized than the rest of us.

Fantastic piece, though I don't think it's a takedown - more like a dissection (vivisection?). The graf you excerpted is otm, he was fantastic in the roles he was typecast in. Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.

I saw K-Pax in theaters, even at 9 I knew it was shit. Bicentennial Man was kinda the same thing, and that was much more sad and creepy.

It has its moments -- I like Rabin -- but, boy, is it long.

Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.

He did it a lot on talk shows, it was excellent. (I saw the two of them on Broadway doing O'Neill.)

I didn't know that, never really kept up with him. I posted before reading the whole thing and yeah it's too long.

Guy Pearce says Spacey "targeted" him on the set of LA Confidential: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guy-pearce-kevin-spacey-la-confidential-encounters-interview-1236139720/

i would still watch The Ref. but mostly for Judy Davis. crazy to think that i once loved a movie with kevin spacey and dennis leary in it. haven't seen it in a million years though. maybe i wouldn't like it so much.

One of his two or three best roles imo

he was an asshole in that film but he was a human asshole. you saw what made him so pissed off. it was touching in a way. their youthful dreams and what they had become.

Oof: "Kevin Spacey has responded to Guy Pearce’s allegation that the actor 'targeted him' during the filming of LA Confidential, telling Pearce to 'grow up' and 'you are not a victim.'

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/19/kevin-spacey-responds-guy-pearce-alleged-behaviour-ntwnfb

wow not even the usual non-apology apology, “this is not my recollection” etc.

that came up for me randomly on TikTok and i DID NOT WANT

as i was watching it i was like, this is what an innocent person would do, right? send out a spiteful message to his accuser? right - very grown up Kevin!

He’s trying a new angle - he doesn’t want to be typecast as just a usual non-apology apologist.

he could play hitler in a mini-series. that would be one way to get work. people could just hate him and it would be okay!

also, i must have missed this:

"In 2024, Spacey endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running as an independent, in the 2024 United States presidential election."

I could see him playing Putin tbh, but Putin's a bit of a hero in the US these days I believe.

6 months of ozempic and i swear he would be a dead ringer for hitler. just picture the mustache.

that movie franco nero directed with him looks so cursed

Looking at wiki he is playing 'The Devil' in a film called "The Contract"

that one has eric roberts in it so you know it's gonna be high quality

the devil...hitler...its all coming together for the spaceman. he knows his role in life now.

I think Spacey’s future is selling Cameo videos to people who want to taunt their victims.

word up.

poor fella

Actor Kevin Spacey said he's living out of suitcases and biding time in hopes of someday overcoming a sex scandal that's sidelined him from Hollywood's big stage for nearly a decade.

“I’m living in hotels, I’m living in Airbnbs, I’m going where the work is," said the two-time Oscar winner, who lost his Baltimore home to foreclosure. "I literally have no home, that’s what I’m attempting to explain.”

Spacey spoke to the British broadsheet while singing standards at a nightclub in Cyprus, thousands of miles away from bright Hollywood lights where he was once one of the industry's biggest names.

Still getting the big gigs

Holiguards Saga — The Portal of Force is an upcoming supernatural action thriller film directed by Kevin Spacey and written by Sergey Torchilin and Lado Okhotnikov. It stars Spacey, Dolph Lundgren, Tyrese Gibson, Brianna Hildebrand, Disha Patani, and Eric Roberts. It is the first installment of the Statiguards vs. Holiguards franchise

I use Staticguard when I'm ironing

Its like when Alan Partridge lived out of a Travel Tavern

Watching Glengarry Glenn Ross again last month, I was struck by how Spacey plays his part as if he resented Jack Lemmon because Spacey was in love with this sad sack.

while singing standards at a nightclub in Cyprus

sounds pretty good tbh probably easier to get them boys too

Damn, from third banana in Deadpool to Kevin Spacey in his Turkish Billy Zane era joints.