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\nSharon Stone and Liam Neeson Call for Kevin Spacey\u2019s Return to Acting: \u2018He Is a Genius\u2019 and \u2018Our Industry Needs Him and Misses Him Greatly\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/322OiY7tis<\/a><\/p>\n
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Following the release of UK’s Channel 4 documentary “Spacey Unmasked”, several of Kevin Spacey’s friends have come to his defense and asked that he be allowed to return to acting in statements to The Telegraph<\/p>\n
Sharon Stone<\/b>: \u201cI can\u2019t wait to see Kevin back at work. He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will. She said it was clear aspiring actors had \u201cwanted and want to be around him\u201d. It\u2019s terrible that they are blaming him for not being able to come to terms with themselves for using him and negotiating with themselves because they didn\u2019t get their secret agendas.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
Liam Neeson:<\/b> \u201cI was deeply saddened to learn of these accusations against him. Kevin is a good man and a man of character. He\u2019s sensitive, articulate and non-judgmental, with a terrific sense of humour. He is also one of our finest artists in the theatre and on camera. Personally speaking, our industry needs him and misses him greatly.<\/i>\u201d
<\/p>\nF. Murray Abraham<\/b>: \u201cI vouch for him unequivocally. Who are these vultures who attack a man who has publicly accepted his responsibility for certain behaviour, unlike so many others? He is a fine man, I stand with him, and let he who is without sin cast the first stone.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement to The Telegraph, Stephen Fry<\/b> accepted that Spacey had been \u201cboth \u2018clumsy\u2019 and \u2018inappropriate\u2019 on many occasions\u201d but that to \u201cbracket him with the likes of Harvey Weinstein\u201d and \u201cto continue to harass and hound him, to devote a whole documentary to accusations that simply do not add up to crimes \u2026 how can that be considered proportionate and justified?\u201d Fry said Spacey\u2019s reputation had already been \u201cwrecked\u201d, adding: \u201cSurely it is wrong to continue to batter a reputation on the strength of assertion and rhetoric rather than evidence and proof?\u201d<\/p>\n