Kevin Spacey to Receive Italian Award for Lifetime Achievement

Italy, it appears, has forgiven Kevin Spacey.

On July 21, the two-time Oscar-winning actor shall be honored with Italy’s Nations Award for Lifetime Achievement at a particular gala within the historic southern Sicilian city of Taormina. The award is organized below the patronage of the Italian Senate and the state of Sicily. On the occasion, Spacey can also be set to offer an onstage efficiency at Taormina’s historic Greek Theatre.

“Kevin Spacey is a timeless monument in film and theater history, who unquestionably deserves the chance to get his career back,” stated award organizers Michel Curatolo and Marco Fallanca.

The respect comes as The Common Suspects and American Magnificence star continues to battle a number of allegations of sexual misconduct towards him. Spacey has at all times denied all felony fees. He was discovered not responsible in sexual assault trials within the U.S. and the U.Ok. however nonetheless faces a brand new civil trial in Britain, set for subsequent 12 months, introduced by a person who claims the actor sexually assaulted him.

A current Channel 4 documentary, Spacey Unmasked, resurfaced the allegations towards him and shone a brand new mild on different alleged abuse. The actor fired again, denying the brand new allegations and saying he “would no longer be speechless.”

The primary wave of allegations successfully ended Spacey’s Hollywood profession. He was unceremoniously dropped from the final season of Netflix sequence Home of Playing cards and changed within the lead position of the Ridley Scott movie All of the Cash within the World by Christopher Plummer.

However Italy has continued to help him. In 2022, Italy’s Nationwide Museum of Cinema in Turin invited Spacey to offer a grasp class and celebrated his big-screen comeback with a job in the Italian characteristic The Man Who Drew God, directed by Franco Nero, which premiered on the Torino Movie Pageant.