The actor Kevin Spaceyhe assured in a brief interview with the political journalist, Tucker Carlsonand which he granted personified as Frank Underwood, the protagonist of the successful series of Netflix “House of Cards” from which he was separated in 2018 due to complaints of sexual harassment and abuse, that the platform “exists thanks to him.”
“Every time a person opens the application you are there in some way,” said the journalist who was crucial to the rise of the former president. donald trump to power and that last September he traveled to Argentina to interview the then La Libertad Avanza candidate and current president, Javier Milei.
“Yeah, you know what that is?” Spacey replied and then slammed his fist on the table like Underwood does in “House of Cards,” “Boom, boom. So it’s strange that they decided to publicly cut ties with me based on solely on accusations that have now been proven to be false. Because I don’t think there is any doubt. I put Netflix on the map and they tried to bury me“.
“House of Cards” was one of Netflix’s most popular shows when it launched in 2013 as one of its first streaming original series. There, Spacey played Frank Underwood, a power-hungry American president, until the sixth season, when he was fired after facing accusations of sexual misconduct.
The actor denied the allegations and in 2022 was found not guilty in a sexual assault lawsuit in New York. This year, in addition, he was acquitted of the charges of sexual assault that had been brought against him in the United Kingdom.
Carlson also asked Spacey, who remained in character during the seven-minute interview that can be seen on tuckercarlson.com, when he would return to work, and the “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty” actor responded : “I went back to work the moment we started talking, Tucker.”
Kevin Spacey refuses to let go of Frank Underwood
Spacey’s strange tradition of posting videos impersonating the “House of Cards” character began in 2018, when he released his first video after facing several sexual assault accusations, which soon derailed his Hollywood career. In the midst of the accusations, the actor published the video, titled “Let Me Be Frank”disguised as Underwood, who was killed in the sixth and final season of the series.
Speaking directly to the camera, as Underwood does in fiction, Spacey made reference to the accusations against him and Underwood’s death.
“Despite all the nonsense, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without trial. Despite even my own death, I feel surprisingly good and my confidence grows every day that they will soon know the whole truth,” he said in 2018 .
A year later, also in character, he published a video on his networks asking for “kindness in the world” and in 2020, during the pandemic, he urged people who were having a hard time to “seek help.”
Earlier this year, Spacey received his first role since sexual assault allegations in a low-budget Italian independent film titled “L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio”. Before that, her last role had been in “Billionaire Boys Club” from 2018, which was filmed before the sexual assault allegations came to light and was released in theaters, where it grossed $2.8 million at the box office.
Source: Ambito
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