Vanessa Redgrave will not star inKevin Spacey 's comeback film.- Reports previously linked her to "The Man Who Drew God," directed by her husband Franco Nero.
- In a new statement, Redgrave's representatives said she is not involved with the film.
Representatives for British actress Vanessa Redgrave quashed reports that she would star alongside Kevin Spacey in his big-screen return to acting.
Last week, ABC News reported that Redgrave, 84, was cast in the Italian movie "The Man Who Drew God," directed by her husband Italian filmmaker Franco Nero. However, in a new statement, a representative for Redgrave denied that she is involved with the project but confirmed that talks had taken place.
"Vanessa Redgrave's name is being included in recent stories relating to the casting of the upcoming film 'The Man Who Drew God,'" the statement read. "While there have been discussions about the possibility of her joining the cast, she will not appear in the film."
Insider has contacted Redgrave and the film's producers for further comment.
It has been reported that Kevin Spacey will star in the film as a detective investigating the case of a blind artist - played by Franco Nero - who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices.
This will be Spacey's first big-screen appearance since he faced numerous accusations of sexual misconduct.
In 2017, 20 young men accused Spacey of sexual misconduct during his time at the Old Vic Theatre in London between 1995 and 2013. Following the allegations, Spacey was dropped from his role as Frank Underwood in the popular Netflix series "House of Cards."
In 2018, Spacey was charged with indecent assault involving an alleged 2016 incident with a teenager on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. He pleaded not guilty and the charge was later dropped. Earlier this month, it was reported that Spacey is set to have a $40 million civil lawsuit dismissed after his accuser, who alleged that the actor sexually assaulted him when he was 14 years old in the 1980s, refused to identify himself publicly. A federal judge ruled that the accuser had to disclose his identity due to the case's high-profile nature.
Earlier this week, Louis Nero, the producer working on "The Man Who Drew God" told Entertainment Weekly that the allegations against Spacey were of no concern to the project.
"In Italy, we don't know details on everything, so we don't speak about what we don't know about. I cannot speak about these things," he said. "I only know that Kevin is a great actor. That was my concern and no more than that."