Kevin Spacey was nowhere to be seen at the premier of All The Money In The World
Kevin Spacey was nowhere to be seen at the premier of All The Money In The World after being cut from the film over misconduct allegations.
Spacey’s conspicuous absence came at the film’s world premiere on Monday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, just six weeks after his role was given to Christopher Plummer.
Part biography and part thriller, ‘All the Money in the World’ dramatizes the kidnapping in Italy of John Paul Getty III and his grandfather’s refusal to pay a $17million ransom despite being the richest man in the world.
In a rare move, director Ridley Scott announced in November that he would reshoot the finished film with Plummer after allegations of sexual misconduct against Spacey emerged, saying he feared negative publicity would damage the film’s prospects.
Cock Of The Walk: Christopher Plummer arrives at the world premiere of All the Money in the World on Monday night. Kevin Spacey, whose role Plummer took, was nowhere to be seen
Victory Lap: Seen left to right are Plummer, director Ridley Scott, Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams. The cast and crew scrambled to re-shoot all of Spacey’s scenes in mere weeks
Spacey issued an apology for the first reported incident, involving actor Anthony Rapp.
He has since been accused of misconduct by more than 30 men and dropped from the next season of the Netflix TV series ‘House of Cards.’
The allegations against Spacey could not be independently verified. The Oscar-winning actor is seeking unspecified treatment, and a representative on Monday did not respond to a request for comment.
The Sony Pictures, movie, now starring Plummer along with original cast members Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg, will be released on December 25.
Plummer, 88, said in an interview with Reuters that he sought to bring humanity to Getty, although he said he ‘made no pretense at research’ for the role ahead of a nine-day reshoot in London and Rome in mid-November.
Substitution: Plummer is seen in a scene from the film in the role of billionaire J. Paul Getty
Dropped: This scene with Spacey (right) was one that had to be re-shot before the premiere
He said did not see Spacey’s original scenes before the re-shoot.
‘I had to follow the writing, all in a very short space of time,’ Plummer said.
‘I saw him more vulnerable than the script suggested … so he would have some dimension and some humanity.’
Plummer, Scott and Williams were nominated last week for Golden Globe awards.
Scott said he hoped the publicity around the decision to reshoot six weeks before its scheduled release would help rather than overshadow the film.
‘I think it may have people attracted to it out of curiosity who normally wouldn’t come and see this film.’