Kevin Spacey receives standing ovation after impassioned performance at Oxford. The actor performed a scene from William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens during a lecture on cancel culture at the University of Oxford.
Kevin Spacey gave Shakespeare speech after he was cleared of sexual assault. He attended a lecture on 'cancel culture' at the University of Oxford on MondayKevin Spacey received a standing ovation after a surprise appearance at a lecture on 'cancel culture' at Oxford University last night in his first stage appearance since he was cleared of sexual assault.
The event at the Sheldonian Theatre was in honour of late philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, who was described as a victim of cancel culture himself having being sacked as a government advisor over false claims of anti-Semitism. 'In an era of cancellation and defenestration, we sometimes forget that we cannot go on like this, and also that we've been here before,' Murray told the audience.
'I adore this scene and would like in closing to read it, but I'm not a professional actor so I would like to invite someone to the stage who is. Former Cameron Mackintosh professor of contemporary theatre here at Oxford, one of the great actors of his generation, someone I'm very crowd to call a friend. Kevin Spacey.
Control stars Welsh actress Lauren Metcalfe as a British politician who is kidnapped by an unseen hijacker, played by Spacey, as he takes over the controls of her self-driving car. 'Last night it came to our attention that your film features Kevin Spacey, in particular his first film since the court case.
Ms Metcalfe told the paper: 'He has been proven to be innocent and who are they to say otherwise? Kevin Spacey has done nothing wrong.
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