Hot on the heels of the announcement that embattled actor Kevin Spacey has landed his first acting job since enduring charges of sexual misconduct, Mark Ebenhoch, one of the men who accused Spacey of harassment, has gone public with his ire.
Spacey, 61, will take on the role of a police inspector in the Italian film L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio (translation: The Man Who Drew God) for director Franco Nero. Spacey will appear in the film opposite Nero’s wife, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave. In an even stranger twist, the plot of the film will reportedly follow Spacey’s character investigating a man wrongly accused of molesting children.
The film will mark Spacey’s first movie since 2018 following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. In light of the casting announcement, Mark Ebenhoch shared his outrage with TMZ.
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“What the hell,” Ebenhoch remarked. He went on to call the casting “absurd,” particularly in light of the film’s subject matter. Ebenhoch further added that he hopes producers will rethink Spacey’s casting, and that he is still waiting for an apology from the actor.
Mark Ebenhoch claims Kevin Spacey harassed him on the set of the movie Outbreak, soliciting him for sex. In total, fifteen men have accused Spacey of misconduct ranging from groping to attempted rape. Several accusers were also underage at the time of their alleged interactions with the actor. Among them: Anthony Rapp of Rent and Star Trek: Discovery, who has launched a lawsuit against Spacey, actor/director Tony Montana, Harry Dreyfuss, son of actor Richard Dreyfuss, and actor Roberto Cavazos.
Cam
To all the Republicans who claim Cancel Culture is real.
DuMaurier
First of all, some people should be ‘canceled’ (although, if it’s justified, by definition it isn’t Cancel Culture)
Second, whether deserved or not, any objective observer would agree Spacey’s career took a horrendous hit after the accusations came out.
Harley
It’s called consequences.
ShiningSex
Thankfully Spacey will NEVER be what he was in films.
Funny how he’s up for a role of pedo. How appropriate.
He did admit to sexual misconduct. Why is that not an issue?
He’s vermin.
MissTerri
@Cam
Get a job, Dear! Surely commenting on internet sites all day cannot pay the Bills!!!!!!
Vince
MissTerri
Pot complains about the kettle.
Cam
@MissTerri
Ahhhhhh, the obsession of a right wing troll account. Delicious.
Sqwoah
Good for him. Rise from the ashes.
ShiningSex
why would you support such a vile person. he admitted to some of his allegations. are you blind? i am not talking about this latest one that refused to be identified.
Invader7
Yes. Redemption….
ShiningSex
I guess you are ok with a vile man that admits to sexual misconduct. I am not speaking on the recent one suing him either. The past allegations, read.
Why would you support such a gross person?
barryaksarben
And yet they couldnt get many of his accusers to go to court which makes me wonder just how traumatized they really were?
ShiningSex
Have you ever been sexually assaulted? NO?? if not, shut the f*ck up you idiot! This is not a laughing matter but people like you are the reason some don’t come forward.
Spacey admitted to sexual misconduct and that’s enough to “cancel” his ugly a**.
Ken A.
It is suspicious they won’t swear under oath that Spacey fiddled but they’d certainly go in the spotlight and scandal rags and shows like TMZ and cry, any way to get acting roles. Spacey in his hey day got to choose who he worked with and I assume none of those dudes were chosen and to bring him down make erroneous accusations. Of course society is prone to eat up the negative without facts. Not a fan of Spacey but glad he’s rising from the ashes. Cancel Culture are bored nerds who have nothing better todo than to sit at computers and dig through pages and pages of posts looking for dirt where there is none or take something innocent and twist it. Gossip mongers.
moretruth
Good for him. Oh the trauma of being solicited for sex… Most people would laugh and say “no.” Sounds like Mark Ebenhoch has deeper issues.
ShiningSex
but Spacey admitted to sexual misconduct. How is that not enough to him to be “Canceled”?
I am not talking about THIS case, but his admission. READ! Look it up!
He’s vile and a predator (plus quite gross)!
Cam
Good for him? For trying to have sex with a 14 year old who looked 11 when he was way older? And that guy has been talking about it since at least the year 2000.
ShiningSex
He’s a loser and a predator. I am not talking about the recent allegation of the person who won’t identify themselves but the situation where he admitted to be inappropriate with a guy and apologized for it. HE ADMITTED IT YOU IDIOTS.
Winsocki
I have been molested but I could care less about Spacey acting or not. Ahh. And what is assaulted in these cases just seems and indecent pass or grope which you can slap away like you do walking through a gay bar back in the day. Get over it already.
spacecadet
@Winsocki: Being groped without one’s consent is an assault dummy. It can also happen so fast or from behind you that you don’t have enough time to swat someone’s hand away. Also, there is an allegation of rape against a minor which is far more serious than groping.
MHaumesser
There are many people from all walks of life that have sexual misconduct charges brought against them that go back to their jobs. Kevin Spacey is an actor that’s going back to his job. It’s just that simple. If it upsets you don’t go see his movies or watch any tv show he may appear on.
spacecadet
Nah, child predators who have yet to be criminally punished shouldn’t get to just go back to their jobs as if nothing ever happened. I’m glad Spacey was canceled.
Fahd
I suspect that Spacey might be a major investor in the film project. I’m not a fan, but no one has died (as far as I know), so if he can buy himself into Italian cinema (good luck), whatever.
Sometimes when I see how many people defend Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, I wonder if Spacey’s absolute erasure doesn’t have a strong underlying component of homophobia to it – his Hollywood ban is (was) so absolute.
BoomerMyles
True. Roman Polanski won an Oscar decades after his underage affair.
Fahd
@BoomerMyles
To be fair, I think calling Roman Polanski’s crime an “affair” sugercoats it. As I recall, he committed some sort of sexual assault/statutory rape, and he actually did time in prison. He also paid the victim a substantial sum of money, and she has herself forgiven him and asked others to move on – that’s different from Spacey’s situation.
BoomerMyles
Hope he makes an American film soon.
Can’t deny he’s a stellar actor.
spacecadet
Hope he goes to prison soon. Being a “stellar actor” doesn’t mean one gets away with sexual assault of a minor.
southernway
Come back Little Kevin, come back!
nmharleyrider
He’s an amazing actor for I hope the best for him at this point.
spacecadet
The best for him would be to go to prison for sexually assaulting minors. Being an “amazing actor” isn’t a free pass to commit crimes without punishment.
cuteguy
Everyone attached to this film should be ashamed
southernway
Why? Everyone and I mean everyone in this Indios guilty to some degree of bad behavior including Rapp so if he’s to be treated this
way they all should be treated this way. Life goes on if not the alternative is a slow and unsavory existence
spacecadet
@southernway: Gross that you’re trying to excuse the abuse of a little boy. And you have no idea if Rapp is guilty of anything so don’t go slandering anyone with some dumb assumption.
Yooper
Look forward to his return. A gifted actor and best of luck to him.
spacecadet
The best for him would be to go to prison and have one less pedophile in circulation in the general public.
mudgeguy
I’d like to think I remember what Rapp said correctly when he broke his story. He said that Spacey (26yo) picked him up in a bear hug and carried him to the bedroom and threw him on the bed then jumped on top. Rapp told him straight away he was 14yo and in Rapp’s own words, Spacey freaked out and jumped off him immediately. Spacey said he thought that Rapp was over 18 as he was alone at the party. So, Spacey realised immediately it was inappropriate, he’d made a mistake, and he backed off. I’m only talking about the Rapp incident here and yet he’s suing Spacey for something that seems to me, like a total misunderstanding if all these facts are true. Does cancel culture not make any kind of allowances for redemption?
Am I the only gay in the village who has had someone lie about their age? Met a total hottie this one time, he flashed his ID to say he was also 20yo and I believed him. He took great pleasure the next morning to rectify that he was 16yo to my utter amazement. No laws broken where I live as 16 is the age of consent but many young gay men, often pretend to be older or don’t correct those who mistakenly think they’re older.
spacecadet
You’re totally misconstruing the details of Rapp’s allegations of assault by Spacey to make it seem like some innocent misunderstanding when that’s not the case at all. Rapp was 14 at the time and looked even younger when you see a picture of him from that year. To go along with the blatant lie that Spacey assumed Rapp was at least 18 is gross and excuses child predatory behavior.
Cam
If you see a picture of Rapp from the playbill at the time he looked 11. But nice try.
Vince
Do you have a link for your version of the event because I sure don’t remember it going like that. Rapp never told him he was 14 but you’d have to be blind to think he was of age at the time.
I think it’s funny that were debating this today. Spacey has always had a reputation for liking ’em really young. They even mocked him on family guy years ago. Something about trying to rape Stewie.
LumpyPillows
Except nothing Spacey did with Rapp was illegal. So, it comes down to how it actually happened as to how inappropriate it was, and that is something none of us know. As far as liking them young – that’s pretty much every gay man everywhere. How do I prove this? Well, the only allowable hate now is hating older guys.
spacecadet
@LumpyPillows: Gross. You need some serious psychological help if you think most gay men are attracted to adolescents that are prepubescent or are teenagers that look prepubescent as Rapp did when he was 14. Also, picking someone up and pinning them down without their consent so that they can’t move is an assault.
cuteguy
Any lgbt person defending this monster is like a Jewish person defending Hitler. Self hatred is real and should be pitied
Mundo
Thanks, MTG?
KRobert57
Oh, let’s leave Kevin alone. From all my understanding through reading a lot about him, Spacey is a power bottom. My question: How does a power bottom man abuse a male top? I mean one of them has to have an erection to be put in somewhere or did Spacey suck them into abuse?
I’m just asking?????
spacecadet
You’re an idiot. Groping people without their consent is an assault.
Cam
Interesting how many new accounts are on here trying to defend Spacey. Looks like Kevin got a new publicist.
frankcar1965
He nor Brian Singer have never been arrested by the police and I don’t think even investigated. Call me when the police take them into custody. These supposed victims are in it for the money.
Cam
Except for the fact that Anthony Rapp talked about it in 2000 and didn’t sue. Oh, and Spacey admitted to some of the behavior. Oooops, looks like you blew that one.
LumpyPillows
Ca, based on the facts, Spacey did not break any laws with Rapp.
Rugby8
Not a shred of truth to any of the allegations. Suits are being Dropped, being Thrown out of court.
Am I a fan? Not really.
But – there has been NO PROOF – ONLY ALLEGATIONS – people looking for $$$
Anthony Rapp has a nerve!!!! Why isn’t he suing his parents for allowing a child (14) to be at a party at 2:00 am??
A party where nothing happened to him except the offer of going into the other room with Spacey???
GROW UP
spacecadet
So dumb. Rapp has his own money and doesn’t need Spacey’s. Why would Rapp sue his parents who are dead? Even if they are bad parents they aren’t the ones who assaulted Rapp. Picking someone up and pinning them down without consent is an assault. Spacey himself apologized for his behavior. If he didn’t do it then why apologize? Stop defending pedophiles sicko.
lykeitiz
Article needs to be updated. Vanessa Redgrave announced she won’t be in this.
spacecadet
Smart lady that has some self-respect.
Polaro
I’m sure spacey is pretty aggressive. The question is did he break any laws. According to zero convictions, I’d say probably not. Just because an older guy hits on you it isn’t a crime.
spacecadet
An older guy hitting on a little boy? Gross. And picking up someone and pinning them down against their consent is actually a crime. Like defending pedophiles much?
spacecadet
Looks like a lot of pedophiles being drawn to this article to defend Spacey. Or the same pedo with multiple accounts making comments.
GrindrXtra
Looks like the QAnon loonies are swarming this article.
scotty
see what you get when you swim with sharks?
toronto
Accused is different than convicted. I will watch this just to spite the cancel culture zelots.
FrankLee MyDear
The good news about this is that Kevin Spacey is out of the closet. These allegations brought him out. Remember when he professed love to the woman he took to the Oscars when he won Best Actor and how she looked at him with that WTF are you talking about look? (True love, if you ask me). And that time he was mugged in a London park early in the morning because his dog needed walking. He didn’t seemed to mind all the young men who cruised the park early in the morning looking for sex. He’s a caring dog daddy. And how he apologized to Anthony Rapp years later after Rapp went public with what happened to him with Spacey. How coy and courageous of Kevin to apologize directly to Anthony Rapp after explaining that he did not remember any such thing occurring. (but if it did, he would definitely need to apologize). Kevin Spacey acting as a straight man who is loving and caring really deserves an Oscar, but then, he hs two of them already.