Crazy Spacey

Kevin Spacey freaks me out. I can't deny it. It's his leering voice. His staring eyes. He's the ultimate villain character for me. Is this where the blurring between actor and character begins? If an actor plays the hero consecutively if you met him in real life will you think him any less than a hero? A shining beacon of bravery and unwavering goodness. And if they play the enemy over and over will you think them an asshole? Is this where some people cannot separate the actor from the 15ft tall alien character stretched on the movie screen? I know for a fact that my flatmate can't really take Leonardo DiCaprio seriously in any role post-2000. Which corresponds to Leo's transformation into adulthood. So the real reason she doesn't like Leo in any other role is because his pretty face in Romeo + Juliet and The Beach changed. Inevitably.

Back to Kevin.

In 1995 when Se7en was released Spacey insisted that his name should be unlisted in the beginning credits. And rightly so. The suspense for me was unsettling and when I heard his voice over the phone I couldn't help feel a shiver. He's the ultimate villain for me. How could he ever play the hero? It's just the way he lilts his words. Then again in American Beauty. OK. In this movie he bungee-jumps between pathetic loser father to sociopath to pedophile to complete zen master. The voice over of the movie is of course Kevin 'Creepy Voice' Spacey himself.  Shiver. Shiver. Shiver.

Am I alone here? Is Kevin Spacey creepy off screen and more so on screen?

For me the answer is yes, yes, yes holy fracking yes. 

Kevin Spacey. Creepy Mofo Extraordinaire.

Weather: WHY IS LONDON SO FUCKING BOILING???
Disposition: Debating if I should start sucking on ice cubes for sustenance...