Kevin Spacey the actor, Kevin Spacey the celebrity, Kevin Spacey the generational talent – all these versions of the man had been replaced by a single, lasting image: Kevin Spacey the pariah.
The question of who Spacey is seemed to have an answer: one of the great actors of his generation.
The actor Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed News that Spacey had tried “to seduce” him when he was just 14.
He was a chameleon, both personally and professionally, and everything seemed calibrated to keep that question – who is Kevin Spacey?