Danny de Vito’s character in the 1997 crime film, ‘LA Confidential’, Sid Hudgens, was a yellow journalist always trying to uncover the scandals of celebrities, with his motto ‘Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.’
Well, it sounds like Hudgens would be thrilled to cover the activities in the very ‘LA Confidential’ movie set, as Academy Award nominee Guy Pearce has come public to once again claim that embattled actor Kevin Spacey ‘targeted’ him during the shooting of the movie.
The ‘Brutalist’ actor Pearce recalled his interactions with Spacey that left5 him ‘scared and uncomfortable’.
New York Post reported:
“’I probably was a victim to a degree; I was certainly not a victim by any means to the extent that other people have been to sexual predators’, Pearce said on the Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast.”
Pearce says he dismissed Spacey’s alleged actions for the nearly half a year of shooting.
“‘Ah, that’s nothing. Ah, no, that’s nothing’, he said, recalling what he told himself at the time. ‘I did that for five months, and really I was sort of scared of Kevin because he’s quite an aggressive man’.
‘He’s extremely charming and brilliant at what he does — really impressive. He holds a room remarkably. But I was young and susceptible, and he targeted me, no question’, Pearce added.”
Pearce, then 29, starred opposite Spacey and Russell Crowe in the classic 1997 film, based on the novel by James Ellroy.
He has previously called Spacey a ‘handsy guy’, and said that he only felt safe on set when actor Simon Baker was around.
“’The only days I feel safe are the days when [Simon Baker] is on set because I’m dumped like a hot potato, and [Kevin] focuses on [Simon] because he was 10 times prettier than I am’, he said.”
Spacey responded to Pearce on a nearly two-minute video rebuttal on X social media platform.
Watch: Spacey – ‘Grow up, Guy Pearce. You are not a victim’.
Grow up, Guy Pearce. You are not a victim. pic.twitter.com/33paGTj4Aq
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) February 18, 2025
This comes as Spacey is attempting a comeback after falling into disgrace as the #MeToo movement started to take shape.
“The ‘American Beauty’ actor was accused of committing sex offenses against four men between 2004 and 2013 while he was serving as artistic director at London’s historic Old Vic Theatre.”
He was charged with nine separate counts — including sexual assault and ‘causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent’ – but was deemed innocent in July 2023.
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