I hate Kevin Spacey

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Help me figure out why.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 01:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

you can take the boy out of the theater club but you cant take the theater club outta the boy

jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 01:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

He did a pretty good job of acting stoned in "American Beauty".

Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

I swear, does getting an oscar for best male actor just FORCE you to start sucking? Nic Cage, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington...all of them jumped on the crap train after picking one up. I hope this isn't the case for Adrien Brody. To be taken at such a young age.

Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 02:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Spacey never seems to deviate from his stock-in-trade, head titlting, sarcastic line delivery. This has become tiresome and has rendered this once fine actor unwatchable. He does not help his case by repeated smarmy appearences on Letterman.

Christopher William Radford (Chris Radford), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 04:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

I still like him

luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 04:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Courtesy of The Onion:

Area Man No Longer Playing Up Resemblance To Kevin Spacey
FLAGSTAFF, AZ—Put off by such films as The Life Of David Gale, The Shipping News, and K-PAX, local insurance salesman Brian Vandervelt, 37, is no longer playing up his resemblance to Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. "From the time of Glengarry Glen Ross up through American Beauty, I was loving all the Spacey comparisons," Vandervelt told reporters Tuesday. "But after four years of smug, self-righteous crap like Pay It Forward, it's a different story." Until Spacey stops playing repellently soulful saviors of humanity, Vandervelt said he will play up his resemblance to a young Bob Newhart.

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 04:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

Why hate him? His performance of "Mind Games" on some 9/11 telethon/John Lennon tribute. Also, the closeted thing. What's the big deal? It's not like he plays superhot macho straight guy romantic leads.

A friend of mine went to see Fleetwood Mac at the Hollywood Bowl with Edward Norton and Kevin Spacey. Just the three of them. He said that Spacey a) was rude and totally ignored him, b) was really disappointed that Courtney was out of town and kept bringing it up, c) changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie] in the limo and d) kept shifting around uncomfortably in his seat and pulling down the beanie when he thought he was being recognized even though he was in the VIP section and surrounded by other celebrities.

He sounds like such an ass.

Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 08:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

also, he needs some hot anal sex. i mean everyone does, but spacey esp.

anthony easton (anthony), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 08:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

He seems like he practices his lines in front of a mirror instead of with other actors.

Nemo (JND), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 13:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

I will forever forgive him of everything for "Verbal Kent" alone.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie]

I have to hurt him now.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dude would've been fine if he'd stayed in his niche as a character actor. And if he'd stop doing those Jack Lemmon impressions.

slutsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

I will forever forgive him of everything for "Verbal Kent" alone.

That's one of the primary reasons I hate him, actually.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 15:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...
this is my ultimate thread - my hate for spacey knows no bounds.

He seems like he practices his lines in front of a mirror instead of with other actors.

he's a total fucking narcissist, that's why. Arthurs story makes me extremely happy.

jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link

wow, i had no idea there was so much Spacey hate. Me, i'm indifferent - but wow. You'd think he was Keanu with all this talk.

I also dispute the claim that Crowe went to shit after the Oscar - Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander were both good.

roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 10 June 2004 00:29 (twenty years ago) link

He said that Spacey a) was rude and totally ignored him, b) was really disappointed that Courtney was out of town and kept bringing it up, c) changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie] in the limo

How did I miss this thread? His "rock concert clothes" sound hilarious.

El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:22 (twenty years ago) link

he was good in L.A. confidential but so was russell crowe.

on balance, I like crowe less than I like spacey, which isn't much.

RJG (RJG), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago) link

He should come out of the closet already.

Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:31 (twenty years ago) link

Russell Crowe is brilliant!

AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:49 (twenty years ago) link

WRONG!

jed_ (jed), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link

"And if he'd stop doing those Jack Lemmon impressions"

OTM.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:08 (twenty years ago) link

But I don't really hate him.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:10 (twenty years ago) link

Russell Crowe is good in everything but Gladiator.

miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:12 (twenty years ago) link

He was good in Wiseguy and The Ref. He's just one of those actory actors who becomes insufferable after fame hits. Like Frasier Crane. And then they think they can do no wrong cuz they are GENIUS and finally everyone recognizes it. He has a lot to answer for though. Pay It Forward alone is grounds for violent torture.

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:16 (twenty years ago) link

He loses so much cred for appearing in K-Pax. At least Jeff Bridges has Big Lebowski to save him.

Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:33 (twenty years ago) link

also jeff bridges is wonderful beyond words and never embarrasses himself

amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:31 (twenty years ago) link

This I think we can all agree on.

AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:32 (twenty years ago) link

He's just one of those actory actors who becomes insufferable after fame hits. Like Frasier Crane.
Poor Kelsey Grammer, he lost his name to that character.

Jon Frum, Thursday, 10 June 2004 09:18 (twenty years ago) link

Jeff Bridges, yes! Many bad films but no bad performances.

jed_ (jed), Thursday, 10 June 2004 10:07 (twenty years ago) link

three years pass...

A world rejoices.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

join the club, Space-Pax

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 14 June 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link

bitter about that whole Bobby Darrin disaster eh

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 14 June 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

i think what he's doing as neo-impresario is rather welcome

gabbneb, Thursday, 14 June 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

Actor Kevin Spacey will reprise his role as villain Lex Luthor in action sequel Superman: Man of Steel, according to an industry report.

He agreed to revisit the role he took in last year's Superman Returns after meeting director Bryan Singer, said Hollywood publication Variety.

Spacey, artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre, denied that he would soon quit film acting.

"I love movies and will continue to make movies when I can," he said.

But the American Beauty star admitted: "My priorities have changed. Theatre is the number one thing in my life."

Superman Returns was the first movie about the comic book hero for 19 years, and became a global box office hit.

Superman: Man of Steel is due to be released in 2009.

Spacey is also due to appear in Telstar, a biopic of record producer Joe Meek.

He told Variety that he would play financier Major Banks in the forthcoming movie, based upon a successful West End play.

blueski, Thursday, 12 July 2007 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link

wow telstar! that'll rock.

i'll forgive any amount of upcoming shite for the bit in LA CONFIDENTIAL where he finds the dead actor in the motel. just fantastic.

pisces, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

three years pass...

http://i.imgur.com/nw2Rl.png

lmgtfofy.com (cozen), Monday, 6 September 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link

A friend of mine went to see Fleetwood Mac at the Hollywood Bowl with Edward Norton and Kevin Spacey. Just the three of them. He said that Spacey a) was rude and totally ignored him, b) was really disappointed that Courtney was out of town and kept bringing it up, c) changed into his "rock concert clothes" [a satin jacket and a beanie] in the limo and d) kept shifting around uncomfortably in his seat and pulling down the beanie when he thought he was being recognized even though he was in the VIP section and surrounded by other celebrities.

He sounds like such an ass.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 22 April 2003

:)

piscesx, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

lol anthony upthread

imago, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link

He should come out of the closet already.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, June 9, 2004

waited for just the right occasion

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link

you can take the boy out of the theater club but you cant take the theater club outta the boy
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, April 21, 2003 8:50 PM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o_O

to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link

out at "House of Cards"

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 November 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link

He should come out of the closet already.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, June 9, 2004

waited for just the right occasion

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:39 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

LMAO

Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 02:46 (seven years ago) link

Ouch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41925767

groovypanda, Thursday, 9 November 2017 08:22 (seven years ago) link

the guardian is suggesting that Plummer was Ridley Scott's first choice to play Getty, but the studio made him cast a bigger name? the accompanying Spacey-as-Getty photo looks like something from a Harry Enfield sketch

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d1b593e5b6be65e91b823fd30078ac3444c5e583/0_107_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=2c326739d3c69b63f6087cec8dd0436c

soref, Thursday, 9 November 2017 10:16 (seven years ago) link

for a secon thought it was some Dickens adaptation. (no pun)

Ludo, Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:49 (seven years ago) link

reshooting a major portion of a wide-release feature given about a month's notice is pretty wild.

Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:57 (seven years ago) link

I do love the "No one tells me what CAN'T be done i'm Ridley Fucking Scott.. now get me Plummer.." aspect. Also someone making the point on Twitter that he got an amazing performance out of Oliver Reed in Gladiator despite the fact that he died halfway through filming.

piscesx, Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:05 (seven years ago) link

I think I died halfway through Gladiator.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:19 (seven years ago) link

Yeah

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link

OMG that's him as well?

StanM, Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link

My impression is that JP Getty may have something like 15 minutes (or less) of screen time in this. Still, necessity is the mother etc.

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link

I’m sure he’s just gonna shoot Plummer on a green screen and face-swap hom onto Spacey. Computers, y’know.

grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link

Let’s get Plummer for House of Cards, too.

Eazy, Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:09 (seven years ago) link

fuck sake mark that gif is distressing

drinkmaster sealcup at yr service (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:09 (seven years ago) link

RIDLEYODROME

mark s, Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCvmZlC5jQ&t=15s

iCloudius (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link

nine months pass...

wow everyone hates Kevin

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey is enduring a career low at the box office this weekend.

The ensemble crime-drama Billionaire Boys Club quietly opened Friday in eight theaters scattered in select states across the U.S. The indie film earned an abysmal $126 for the day and another $162 on Saturday for a two-day total of just $287 following its release on premium VOD last month, according to those with access to theater grosses. For the full weekend, Billionaire Boys Club could have trouble making much more than $425.

Put another way, that's a per location average of roughly $53 for the weekend. If going by the average ticket price to date of $9.27, that means fewer than six people showed up in each cinema. And it's by far the worst showing Spacey's career. Titles that debut first on VOD aren't generally big draws at the box office, but Billionaire Boys Club is faring particularly poorly.

Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton share top billing in Billionaire Boys Club, followed by Spacey. Emma Roberts, Jeremy Irvine, Cary Elwes, Judd Nelson and Billie Lourd also star in the movie, which is based on the real-life club of the same name that made headlines in Southern California in the 1980s. Spacey plays real-life Beverly Hills high-roller Ron Levin.

omar little, Sunday, 19 August 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link

I still like him

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 04:24 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 19 August 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link

That’s a lolquote not a cosign quote

ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 19 August 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link

cos she should have foreseen his rapiness in 2003 or because she was fake-person?

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 August 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link

There is no point in history, before or after #metoo, when a movie called Billionaire Boys Club w/ Kevin Spacey and Cary Elwes would've sounded like a good night out

Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link

Honestly the funniest thing about this is that Judd Nelson is in the film, because he was in a 1987 miniseries about the same case as the lead character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNU1SNkleVY

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link

It’s funny he was supposed itt mainly by a fake person

ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link

I mean the whole thread feels like it kind of anticipated the revelations at one level

ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link

i have to admit i would like to see the suppressed Gore Vidal film

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 August 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link

I bet Louis CK has looked again at his notes for his planned (say.. Feb 2019) email-list-only web-exclusive stand-up comeback special and thought "Too soon..".

piscesx, Monday, 20 August 2018 02:32 (six years ago) link

I mean the whole thread feels like it kind of anticipated the revelations at one level

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, August 19, 2018 6:44 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it wasn't exactly a surprise

flappy bird, Monday, 20 August 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link

yeah, i was kind of looking fwd to the vidal film also

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 20 August 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link

four months pass...

Honestly, I couldn't get past the first few seconds of that bizarre video. What are the most ill-conceived comeback attempts ever? Up there with Jian Ghomeshi and Anthony Wiener, for sure.

clemenza, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/v3Lmdm0.jpg

rip van wanko, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link

Great takedown from Nathan Rabin:

Despite Spacey’s conception of himself as a lovable leading man, the oily probable sex criminal was typecast as a bad guy, a villain and a supporting player early in his career for a very good reason. He’s an extremely unlikable performer. As an actor, Spacey just doesn’t naturally convey arrogance and intelligence: he conveys the intimidating, belligerent, badgering intelligence of someone who knows exactly how smart they are and is a total asshole about it. That’s what made Spacey’s casting in The Usual Suspects so inspired: Spacey’s brilliant assholes use their ferocious intelligence as a sometimes deadly weapon. They act as if the rules that govern the actions of mere mortals do not apply to them because they’re smarter, sharper, better, more evolved and civilized than the rest of us.

Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:44 (six years ago) link

Fantastic piece, though I don't think it's a takedown - more like a dissection (vivisection?). The graf you excerpted is otm, he was fantastic in the roles he was typecast in. Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.

flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:51 (six years ago) link

I saw K-Pax in theaters, even at 9 I knew it was shit. Bicentennial Man was kinda the same thing, and that was much more sad and creepy.

flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:53 (six years ago) link

It has its moments -- I like Rabin -- but, boy, is it long.

Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:58 (six years ago) link

Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.

He did it a lot on talk shows, it was excellent. (I saw the two of them on Broadway doing O'Neill.)

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 04:22 (six years ago) link

I didn't know that, never really kept up with him. I posted before reading the whole thing and yeah it's too long.

flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 04:27 (six years ago) link

six years pass...

Guy Pearce says Spacey "targeted" him on the set of LA Confidential: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guy-pearce-kevin-spacey-la-confidential-encounters-interview-1236139720/

jaymc, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 18:55 (three days ago) link

i would still watch The Ref. but mostly for Judy Davis. crazy to think that i once loved a movie with kevin spacey and dennis leary in it. haven't seen it in a million years though. maybe i wouldn't like it so much.

scott seward, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 19:21 (three days ago) link

One of his two or three best roles imo

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 19:28 (three days ago) link

he was an asshole in that film but he was a human asshole. you saw what made him so pissed off. it was touching in a way. their youthful dreams and what they had become.

scott seward, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 20:31 (three days ago) link

Oof: "Kevin Spacey has responded to Guy Pearce’s allegation that the actor 'targeted him' during the filming of LA Confidential, telling Pearce to 'grow up' and 'you are not a victim.'

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/19/kevin-spacey-responds-guy-pearce-alleged-behaviour-ntwnfb

jaymc, Friday, 21 February 2025 02:19 (fifteen hours ago) link

wow not even the usual non-apology apology, “this is not my recollection” etc.

omar little, Friday, 21 February 2025 02:47 (fifteen hours ago) link

that came up for me randomly on TikTok and i DID NOT WANT

Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 February 2025 08:59 (nine hours ago) link

as i was watching it i was like, this is what an innocent person would do, right? send out a spiteful message to his accuser? right - very grown up Kevin!

Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 February 2025 09:00 (nine hours ago) link

He’s trying a new angle - he doesn’t want to be typecast as just a usual non-apology apologist.

Bob Six, Friday, 21 February 2025 11:41 (six hours ago) link

he could play hitler in a mini-series. that would be one way to get work. people could just hate him and it would be okay!

scott seward, Friday, 21 February 2025 12:55 (five hours ago) link

also, i must have missed this:

"In 2024, Spacey endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running as an independent, in the 2024 United States presidential election."

scott seward, Friday, 21 February 2025 12:55 (five hours ago) link

I could see him playing Putin tbh, but Putin's a bit of a hero in the US these days I believe.

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Friday, 21 February 2025 13:03 (five hours ago) link

6 months of ozempic and i swear he would be a dead ringer for hitler. just picture the mustache.

scott seward, Friday, 21 February 2025 13:11 (four hours ago) link

that movie franco nero directed with him looks so cursed

a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 21 February 2025 13:28 (four hours ago) link

Looking at wiki he is playing 'The Devil' in a film called "The Contract"

xyzzzz__, Friday, 21 February 2025 13:42 (four hours ago) link

that one has eric roberts in it so you know it's gonna be high quality

a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 21 February 2025 13:47 (four hours ago) link

the devil...hitler...its all coming together for the spaceman. he knows his role in life now.

scott seward, Friday, 21 February 2025 14:04 (four hours ago) link

I think Spacey’s future is selling Cameo videos to people who want to taunt their victims.

Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Friday, 21 February 2025 14:29 (three hours ago) link


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