Kevin Spacey is set to be honored with a British indie film award amid his bid for a Hollywood comeback. The Folkestone Independent Film Awards will present Spacey with a best performance trophy for his voice role in the 2023 U.K. action thriller 'Control' on July 20th.
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00:00Kevin Spacey is set to be honored with a British Indie Film Award amid his bid for a Hollywood
00:04comeback. The Folkestone Independent Film Awards will present Spacey with a Best Performance
00:09Trophy for his voice role in the 2023 UK action thriller Control on July 20.
00:14The producers of Control cast Spacey in late 2022 as he awaited his London criminal trial
00:19over multiple counts of sexual assault. The British legal proceedings ended with the embattled
00:24Hollywood actor cleared of all charges. Control represents one of a handful of movie roles that
00:28Spacey hopes will get him back to Hollywood and the heights of his former career before
00:32allegations against him first surfaced in 2017. The organizers of the Folkestone Independent
00:37Film Awards did not indicate whether Spacey will attend their July 20 awards ceremony to
00:41pick up his trophy. On July 21, Spacey is set to be honored with Italy's Nations Award for
00:47Lifetime Achievement at a special gallop. The latest honors for Spacey come as the House of
00:51Cards star continues to battle multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. While denying all criminal
00:56charges against him, Spacey recently saw a Channel 4 documentary, Spacey Unmasked,
01:00resurface allegations against him around alleged historical abuse. The actor fired back,
01:05denying the new allegations, saying he, quote, would no longer be speechless.
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