Pearce says Spacey ‘targeted’ him on L.A. Confidential

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Pearce says Spacey ‘targeted’ him on L.A. Confidential

Guy Pearce claims that Kevin Spacey harassed him for months on the set while filming L.A. Confidential.

The *********** star previously declared Spacey – whose career went into freefall after he was accused of ******* misconduct by a number of men – was “handsy” when they worked together on 1997’s L.A. Confidential.

Explaining his reluctance to describe himself as a victim, Pearce told the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast: “Even though I probably was a victim to a degree; I was certainly not a victim by any means to the extent that other people have been to ******* predators.”

He recalled initially brushing off Spacey’s alleged advances as “nothing”.

“I did that for five months, and really I was sort of scared of Kevin because he’s quite an aggressive man. He’s extremely charming and brilliant at what he does – really impressive, etc… He holds a room remarkably. But I was young and susceptible, and he targeted me, no question.”

The 57-year-old actor was with then-wife Kate Mestitz filming the movie in Los Angeles and recalled telling her he only felt “safe” if a “prettier” co-star was on set too.

Pearce told her: “The only days I feel safe are the days when (Simon Baker) is on set because I’m dumped like a hot potato, and (Kevin) focuses on (Simon) because he was 10 times prettier than I am.”

In 2017 when Anthony Rapp came forward to accuse Spacey of making ******* advances towards him when he was just 14, Pearce “broke down and sobbed” when he realised how much he had been affected.

“I was in London working on something, and I heard (the reports) and I broke down and sobbed, and I couldn’t stop,” he said.

“I think it really dawned on me the impact that had occurred and how I sort of brushed it off and how I had either shelved it or blocked it out or whatever. That was a really incredible wake up call.”

The former Neighbours actor admitted he has since “had a couple of confrontations” with Spacey that “got ugly” but didn’t share details.

Spacey has denied allegations of misconduct and acquitted of all of the nine ******* assault charges he faced in the *** in 2023.

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