Brian Cox needs individuals to “forgive and forget” the allegations towards actor Kevin Spacey.
The “Succession” star joined a refrain of fellow actors Monday who’ve beforehand referred to as for Hollywood to welcome again Spacey, who fell from grace after quite a few sexual misconduct accusations started to emerge in 2017. Cox stated he lately met with Spacey.
“I just think Kevin had certain things which he couldn’t or didn’t admit to, and I think it was a strain on him in many ways,” Cox instructed The Hollywood Reporter. “And for me, that was Kevin’s only difficulty. But he’s a very fine actor, and I like Kevin a lot. He’s very funny.”
“I think he’s been through it,” he added. “He’s had the kicking that some people think he deserved. He’s ready to get back in the saddle again, and people are trying to stop him from doing that. And I really do go back to ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’”
Spacey, accused in 2017 of molesting a then-14-year-old actor in 1986, was discovered not liable by a New York jury in 2022. He was acquitted final yr in London on 9 prices of sexual assault involving 4 theater actors, however new allegations emerged earlier this yr.
Spacey reacted to the 2017 accusation on the time by apologizing for “inappropriate drunken behavior” and by popping out as homosexual. In Cox’s 2022 memoir, in keeping with THR, he referred to as Spacey’s response a “big mistake” as a result of it led to a lack of “support from the gay community.”
“Maybe he got too out of hand, but I don’t think he should be punished endlessly for it,” Cox instructed THR on Monday. “There should be a case of forgive and forget. Let’s move on. I think he should be given the opportunity to come back to work.”
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Cox has been outspoken lately, incomes viral consideration on social media for supporting Palestinians besieged by Israel’s ongoing navy offensive in Gaza, and he’s gained legions of youthful followers in his 70s because of his efficiency as media mogul Logan Roy within the “Succession” TV collection.
He additionally beforehand defended actor and comic Invoice Murray amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior,” nevertheless, he decried the backlash towards “Harry Potter” writer J.Okay. Rowling over her disparaging feedback concerning the transgender group and, on Monday, stated so-called cancel tradition is “a virus.”
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