Filmmaker Ridley Scott "immediately" decided to fire Kevin Spacey from his film "All the Money in the World" when he heard about the sexual allegations levelled against the actor.
The 80-year-old director then chose veteran actor Christopher Plummer to replace the "House of Cards" star in the movie.
Talking about his decision, Scott told New York Daily News, "Immediately. I knew it was a problem... This kind of film is a more challenging sell. It's not crashing cars, and drug addicts and monsters... This was a kind of really epic, intelligent view of a family in the '60s and the '70s, which was fascinating.
"Honestly, within about 22 hours I was on the phone with my partners and was saying, 'We gotta replace this, and I know who can do this. Is he available? Let's get into it.'"
The filmmaker said he is glad to have Plummer on board the project, who will portray J Paul Getty in the story about the infamous 1973 kidnapping of his grandson, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III.
"Christopher essentially is a man with a smile and twinkle. At the same time, he's a man of great elegance. You put that into the role of Getty, and Getty is saying such down-to-earth, practical and therefore sometimes cruel words, with the combination of the physicality of Plummer, it makes it, I think, even more powerful," he said.
Scott further said he has "no real plans to talk to Kevin Spacey".
"I wouldn't know what I'd say to him. I'd be speechless for the first time in my life," he added.
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