RRR's Ray Stevenson replaces Kevin Spacey in Genghis Khan Drama 1242: Gateway To The West

Kevin Spacey has been fighting sexual assault allegations for years and despite a recent victory in US courts against Anthony Rapp's allegations, the actor has been formally charged with several new abuse allegations, for which he pleaded "not guilty". ", and was given 7 more charges in the UK. According to the UK's allegations, this was what got him removed from "1242: Gateway to the West" after the engagement of the actor towards the project was used to raise funds at Cannes last year.

This isn't the first time Spacey has been removed from a project. You may remember the great and late Christopher Plummer reprizing his entire performance in 2017's "All the Money in the World," but it shows that the actor's quirky demeanor is still a liability for film productions to this day.

Stevenson seems like a trade off for this project and that sentiment is echoed by the film's sales agent, Carlos Alperin of Galloping Entertainment, in a short interview with THR. "The film looks simply epic," said Alperin, "and will be very well placed because of Ray Stevenson's incredible role in 'RRR,' as well as the political context of the war. between Russia and Ukraine."

Of course Alperin's job is to pump this movie up, but there's no denying that the movie will have less heat without Spacey's involvement and Ray Stevenson is one of those artists who always gives 110% to every role he takes on. Whether or not the movie will be any good is yet to be determined, but having someone like Stevenson in the lead certainly doesn't hurt its chances of being a banger.