News Culture “Netflix Exists Thanks to Me”: This Very Troubled Actor Still Can’t Handle Being Expelled from His Show
Published on December 30, 2023 at 7:40 p.m
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Kevin Spacey was forced out of the series “House of Cards” six years ago for sexual assault and still cannot bear this fate. He wants to make it clear that without him, Netflix wouldn't be where they are today.
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Kevin Spacey, from success to ruin
With a career that began in 1994, it's hard not to know American actor Kevin Spacey if you like cinema. Revealed in Swimming with sharks but highlighted in excellent thrillers Usual suspects And SevenHe even won two Oscars (Best Supporting Actor) in 1996 and 2000 Usual suspects and best actor for American beauty). Most recently, he had the opportunity to play the lead role in the series House of cards It has been produced by Netflix since 2013 He is accused of several sexual assaults.
In October 2017a few days after the start of theWeinstein affair who turned the world of Hollywood upside down and pushed the movement forward Me too and freedom of expression for victims of sexual assault, Kevin Spacey is actually one of the names that has emerged in the ranks of the aggressors. The American actor was accused by four different men and was quickly ousted from the Netflix series House of Cards (who took the opportunity to end the series in a final season).
Kevin Spacey is having trouble swallowing the pill
Since this moment, Kevin Spacey has made a habit of showing up every Christmas to remind us that he exists and that he still hasn't swallowed the pill. In 2018, he started this habit by posting a video on his personal YouTube account that still received no less than 13 million views. As a final Advent gift, Kevin Spacey released a staged interview with Tucker Carlson on December 24th, a journalist known more for his conspiracy theories than his integrity. During this 7 minute video Kevin Spacey decided to send Netflix a few jibes in addition to showering him flowers:
It's strange that they cut ties with me publicly only because of accusations, accusations that turned out to be false. There was never any doubt. Netflix exists because of me. I put them on the map and they added me.
For context: Netflix filed a lawsuit against him in 2022 and ordered him to pay at least $31 million in damages. to make up for the loss of income caused by the allegations against Spacey. However, last July, the American actor was acquitted of all nine charges against him. Therefore, if the court rules in his favor, his position regarding responsibility for Netflix's success remains to be clarified.
Although House of Cards was extremely popular when it was released, it was not the American company's only argument in getting its audience to subscribe. At the same time the original series Orange is the new black was also a hit, not to mention that the SVOD service always boasts about having a particularly extensive catalog. Even in 2023, Netflix original series represent only 16% of the content offered by the platform, a figure that was even lower at the time of House of Cards' success. Proof of this is that subscribers are not there just to watch internally produced productions and that, even if Kevin Spacey has undeniably attracted people, it is difficult to consider him as the only one responsible for Netflix's success.
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