Spacey: ‘Film bosses won’t let me act’

KEVIN SPACEY has alleged film bosses are blocking his acting career, in the face of public support.

Last week, the Oscar-winning actor denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who featured in a two-part Channel 4 documentary titled Spacey Unmasked, which was released on Monday and Tuesday.

The documentary came after he was acquitted of a number of sexual offences alleged by four men between 2001 and 2013 after a trial in London and won a US civil lawsuit after being accused of an unwanted sexual advance at a party in 1986.

“I do think the British public are more mature than Channel 4, and I believe every time I have come back to London we are stopped by so many people who are so kind.

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“And if there was a theme to what they are talking about it is this: ‘When are you going back to work? This has gone too far’,” Spacey told the Telegraph newspaper.

The US star previously claimed he had “repeatedly requested” that Channel 4 give him more than seven days to respond to the allegations made about him in their documentary and said the broadcaster refused.

It was alleged that a number of acting offers for Spacey could now be in jeopardy as a result of the documentary.

“I have been so pleased directors, producers and fellow actors have absolutely said ‘yes’ – but someone in some office in some distribution company or network has said ‘no, we can’t buy a film with Kevin Spacey in it’,” Spacey told the Telegraph.

He questioned why the industry has not been more welcoming towards him since his acquittal.

A representative for Channel 4 has been contacted for comment.