Kevin Spacey gets frank in resentful video response to Guy Pearce claims

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pearce said that Spacey “targeted” him on the set of L.A. Confidential, elaborating on previous allegations that Spacey was a “handsy guy.” For his part, Pearce said that he did confront Spacey about his behavior, and it “got ugly.” It’s possible he stopped trying because, for many years, Spacey was a revered and influential Hollywood figure, a common denominator in many Hollywood sexual misconduct stories.

Spacey added that he and Pearce spent time together after L.A. Confidential and wondered why Pearce visited Spacey on the set of Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil in 1998 if he was so dangerous. It’s a fair question that could be answered with another common denominator of these stories: Victims typically don’t realize they’re victims in the moment. Like many people who experience sexual harassment or assault, Pearce didn’t come to this realization until Anthony Rapp went public with his accusations. Anyway, Spacey thinks this is all part of Pearce’s “victim narrative,” accusing Pearce of leading him on.

“I apologize that I didn’t get the message that you don’t like spending time with me,” Spacey continues. “Maybe there was another reason, I don’t know, but that doesn’t make any sense. That you would have just been leading me on, right? But here you are now on a mission, some 28 years later, after I’ve been through hell and back.”

Spacey would like to get to the bottom of it and debate Pearce on X because of course he would. “I’m happy to do so, anytime, anyplace. We can even do it here, live on X, if you like. I’ve got nothing to hide. But Guy, you need to grow up. You are not a victim.”

We think Pearce might agree with that. Elsewhere in his Hollywood Reporter interview, The Brutalist actor says, “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 sexual predators.”