Kevin Spacey Thanks Italy’s Cinema Museum For Ballsy Invitation; Tips Hat To Jack Lemmon, Bryan Singer & David Fincher
deadline.comOscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey made an emotional return to the public eye on Monday night with a special honorary event organized by Italy’s National Cinema Museum in the northern Italian city of Turin, attended by Deadline.
For the actor, who has been keeping a low profile since a string of sexual misconduct accusations in 2017 derailed his career, the evening marked his first major public appearance in more than five years. “My heart is very full toward the Museum of Cinema for having had the “palle” (balls) to invite me tonight,” he said to applause as he accepted the museum’s Mole Antonelliana lifetime achievement award.
He thanked the museum’s director Domenico De Gaetano and head of international relations Marco Fallanca for pulling the event off. “By presenting this award, they are making a strong defence of artistic achievement and for that, they should be applauded,” he said.
Some 400 guests gathered in the vast atrium of Turin’s Mole Antonelliana architectural landmark, which houses the cinema museum, including a clutch of friends who had made the trip to Italy to support the actor. “I just want to say how grateful I am to my friends and my colleagues and my friends’ friends and colleagues who have flown in to be here tonight… I am moved by all of you being here,” he said.
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