Sir Ridley Scott "immediately" knew he had to replace Kevin Spacey in 'All the Money in the World' when sexual misconduct allegations were made against Spacey.
Sir Ridley Scott
The 80-year-old filmmaker decided to cut Spacey from the film after he was accused of making sexual advances towards actor Anthony Rapp when he was just 14-years-old and took action straight away.
He said: "Immediately. I knew it was a problem ... This kind of film is a more challenging sell. It's not crashing cars, and drug addicts and monsters ... This was a kind of really epic, intelligent view of a family in the '60s and the '70s, which was fascinating. Honestly, within about 22 hours I was on the phone with my partners and was saying, 'We gotta replace this, and I know who can do this. Is he available? Let's get into it.'"
Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer in the movie and Scott was thrilled he had stepped in.
He added: "Christopher essentially is a man with a smile and twinkle. At the same time, he's a man of great elegance. You put that into the role of Getty, and Getty is saying such down-to-Earth, practical and therefore sometimes cruel words, with the combination of the physicality of Plummer, it makes it I think even more powerful. Out of this, you got oddly enough a more sympathetic Getty, which is always a good thing. It's great not to make people perceived as monsters totally monsters, but in fact they have a heart."
And Scott insists he won't be speaking to Spacey any time soon but is surprised he or a member of his team hasn't got in touch with the filmmaker.
Speaking to the New York Daily News: "I have no real plans to talk to Kevin Spacey. I wouldn't know what I'd say to him. I'd be speechless for the first time in my life."
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