Ridley Scott proud to ‘lay down the law’ and recast Kevin Spacey

It took a week after Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct for the actor to be completely cut from his big December movie release, and director Ridley Scott says it was an easy decision.

“There’s no time for pondering,” Scott told Entertainment Weekly of the decision to reshoot with another actor. “Sometimes you’ve got to lay down the law. You have to!”

When the allegations against Spacey first surfaced, Scott was shocked, but quickly kicked into gear. 

“I sat and thought about it and realized, we cannot. You can’t tolerate any kind of behavior like that. And it will affect the film,” he said. “We cannot let one person’s action affect the good work of all these other people. It’s that simple.” Read more…

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