Michelle Williams thinks Hollywood is ‘sending a message to predators’ by pulling Kevin Spacey from All The Money In The World.
Following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made against the disgraced actor, 58, he was replaced by Christopher Plummer, 87, in the role of late oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, just six weeks before the release of the biopic.
And the actress, 37 – who also stars in the forthcoming movie – admitted she was ‘very proud’ to see director Ridley Scott, 79, take a stand and demand re-shoots.
‘We’re all here for Ridley’: Michelle Williams thinks Hollywood is ‘sending a message to predators’ by pulling Kevin Spacey from All The Money In The World
‘I’m so very proud to be a part of this – we’re all here for Ridley,’ Michelle told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published on Wednesday.
‘When this idea was hatched I immediately started to feel better. This doesn’t do anything to ease the suffering of people who were all too personally affected by Kevin Spacey, but it is our little act of trying to right a wrong.
‘And it sends a message to predators – you can’t get away with this anymore. Something will be done.’
Spacey was alleged to have made sexual advances towards actor Anthony Rapp in 1986 when Anthony was 14 and the star was 26.
Out: Following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made against the disgraced actor, 58, he was replaced by Christopher Plummer, 87, in the role of late oil tycoon J. Paul Getty
New role: The actress, 37, admitted she was ‘very proud’ to see director Ridley Scott, 79, take a stand and demand re-shoots with Plummer (pictured in character as Getty)
In a statement released at the time the allegation was made, the actor apologized for his ‘deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.’
He said in the statement: ‘I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor.
‘I’m beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago.
‘But if I did behave as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years.’
Feisty mom: Michelle plays Gail Harris, the mother of Getty’s kidnapped grandson for whom he refuses to pay ransom. She and a former CIA agent, played by Mark Wahlberg, go it alone
Stepping in: Christopher Plummer in character as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who jetted to London and Italy to re-shoot Kevin’s scenes with the cast
All The Money In The World is based on the true story of the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, played by Charlie Plummer, 18.
Paul, as the 16-year-old was called, was the grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, one of the richest men on the planet, who refused to pay his namesake’s ransom.
Paul’s mother, played by Michelle, is left to rescue her son, helped by a Getty fixer and former CIA operative, played by Mark Wahlberg, 46.
Christopher Plummer plays the senior Getty in the biopic that Ridley has vowed to have finished in time for its original December 22 release date.
‘So very proud’: Michelle, pictured at the AMPAS Governors Awards in Los Angeles on November 11, admitted she felt uneasy about starring in a film with the sexual predator