Kevin Spacey, cancelled, resentful and arrogant: “With my success I put Netflix on the map and they tried to bury me”

Kevin Spacey resumed the tradition of Christmas Eve posts a bizarre video featuring Frank Underwoodhis character from the old series House of cardsfrom whom he separated in 2018 due to sexual abuse allegations.

This year Spacey uploaded a chat with Tucker Carlson, the controversial former Fox News journalist who became famous for his sexist, racist and pro-Trump statements. They talked about topics like Netflix and the 2024 US presidential election.

Spacey remained in character as Underwood throughout the seven-minute interview and even suggested he would run for president.

House of cards was one of Netflix’s most popular shows when it launched in 2013 as one of its first streaming original series. Spacey played power-hungry American politician Frank Underwood until season six, when he was fired after facing allegations of sexual misconduct.

He denied the allegations and in 2022 he was found not liable in a sexual assault lawsuit in New York. In 2023, Spacey was acquitted of sexual assault charges in another trial in the United Kingdom.

Your opinion on Netflix

“Every time a person opens the Netflix app. You’re always there, somehow, I see?” Carlson asked, making the streaming platform’s signature “tudum!” introductory sound.

“Yes, do you know what it is?” Spacey said, then slammed his fist on the table like Underwood does House of cards. “Boom, boom! So it’s strange that they decided to publicly cut ties with me based solely on allegations, allegations that have now been proven to be false. Because I don’t think there is any doubt: Netflix exists thanks to me. “I put them on the map and they tried to bury me.”

“Are you still watching Netflix?” the interviewer asked him at one point. “Probably as much as you watch Fox,” Spacey responded as Underwood, referring to Carlson’s firing in 2023.

American politics

“I think we could both agree that we need to get some adults back in the room, so if that means taking on the role of CEO, that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make for this nation,” Spacey said.

“Our country must stop apologizing and get tougher. “We have so many people working on so many different issues, like gun control, but let’s be honest, every day more and more people are dying at the hands of online trolls,” she said.

Carlson asked him what he thought of the 2024 candidates who have already withdrawn from the race during each party’s internal elections.

“It’s kind of like jumping into the hot tub with a hard-on,” Spacey responded. “You know it won’t last forever. So I wasn’t surprised when Mike Pence dropped out immediately.”

As for the candidates still in the running, Spacey said, “I like Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley is tough. No doubt she learned a thing or two from watching me,” she said.

“Ultimately, I think we need someone in the White House who is not afraid, like me. Someone who is not afraid to push our country, or a journalist, in the right direction if necessary,” Spacey continued, referring to a scene from House of cards where Underwood pushes journalist Zoe Barnes (played by Kate Mara) to the forefront. getting off a train before she had a chance to report her mistakes.

“Do you mean it looks like an episode or is it real?”, asked the journalist.

“It’s probably a little of both,” Spacey said. “I mean, Tucker, what’s real and what’s fake? What is life and what is art? What is real, what is acting? I love when these things intersect because then it becomes interesting.

In the interview, Spacey was also asked when he would start working again, and who the actor would be The usual suspects AND American beauty he responded wryly, “I went back to work the moment we started talking.”

Some bizarre videos

Spacey’s strange tradition of posting videos of himself impersonating the character House of cards It all started in 2018, when he released his first video after facing several sexual assault allegations, which soon left him out of the Hollywood spotlight.

Amid the allegations, the actor posted another video, titled “Let Me Be Frank,” dressed as Underwood, who was killed in the sixth and final season of the series.

“Despite all the nonsense, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without trial. Despite even my 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, still in character, he published a video on his networks in which he asked for “kindness in the world” and in 2020, during the pandemic, he urged people in difficulty to “seek help”.

Back to filming

Kevin Spacey’s recent legal victory against accusations of sexual assault has made it possible to hypothesize an early professional return, according to the opinion of several entertainment sources, despite the doubts that Hollywood producers maintain about the actor’s presence on a film set . .

“While the charges were pending against Spacey, the actor was unemployable, but this verdict has changed that,” said celebrity attorney Christopher Melcher.

For his part, entertainment industry lawyer Tre Lovell said, “I’m sure the producers will see this legal victory as reason enough to rehire Spacey.”

Basically, this year, Spacey received his first role after the sexual assault allegationsin a low-budget Italian independent film titled The man who marked God.

Before that, his last role had been that Billionaire Boys Club2018, which was filmed before the sexual assault allegations came to light and was released theatrically, where it grossed just $2.8 million at the box office.