Christopher Plummer poses on the red carpet for All The Money In The World premiere after being brought in at the last minute to reshoot Kevin Spacey's scenes following sexual assault allegations

  • Spacey was conspicuously absent from film premiere Monday in Beverly Hills
  • He was cut from the movie six weeks ago and replaced by Christopher Plummer
  • More than 30 men have come forward accusing Spacey of sexual misconduct
  • Spacey is seeking unspecified treatment and was dropped from other projects

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Reuters

Published: 05:21 GMT, 19 December 2017 | Updated: 06:47 GMT, 19 December 2017

Kevin Spacey was nowhere to be seen at the premier of All The Money In The World

Kevin Spacey was nowhere to be seen at the premier of All The Money In The World

Kevin Spacey was nowhere to be seen at the premier of All The Money In The World after being cut from the film over misconduct allegations.

Spacey's conspicuous absence came at the film's world premiere on Monday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, just six weeks after his role was given to Christopher Plummer. 

Part biography and part thriller, 'All the Money in the World' dramatizes the kidnapping in Italy of John Paul Getty III and his grandfather's refusal to pay a $17million ransom despite being the richest man in the world. 

In a rare move, director Ridley Scott announced in November that he would reshoot the finished film with Plummer after allegations of sexual misconduct against Spacey emerged, saying he feared negative publicity would damage the film's prospects.

Christopher Plummer arrives at the world premiere of All the Money in the World on Monday night. Kevin Spacey, whose role Plummer took, was nowhere to be seen

Christopher Plummer arrives at the world premiere of All the Money in the World on Monday night. Kevin Spacey, whose role Plummer took, was nowhere to be seen

Plummer and director Ridley Scott
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams

Victory Lap: Seen left to right are Plummer, director Ridley Scott, Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams. The cast and crew scrambled to re-shoot all of Spacey's scenes in mere weeks

Put 'Er There: Wahlberg (left) congratulates Scott (right) as actors Charlie Plummer (no relation to Christopher) and Michelle Williams look on.

Put 'Er There: Wahlberg (left) congratulates Scott (right) as actors Charlie Plummer (no relation to Christopher) and Michelle Williams look on.

Christopher Plummer speaks with journalists as he arrives at the world premiere of All the Money in the World'. He said he did not watch Spacey's scenes before re-shooting them

Christopher Plummer speaks with journalists as he arrives at the world premiere of All the Money in the World'. He said he did not watch Spacey's scenes before re-shooting them

Christopher Plummer, left, and director Ridley Scott arrive at the world premiere

Christopher Plummer, left, and director Ridley Scott arrive at the world premiere

Spacey issued an apology for the first reported incident, involving actor Anthony Rapp. 

He has since been accused of misconduct by more than 30 men and dropped from the next season of the Netflix TV series 'House of Cards.'

The allegations against Spacey could not be independently verified. The Oscar-winning actor is seeking unspecified treatment, and a representative on Monday did not respond to a request for comment.

The Sony Pictures movie, now starring Plummer along with original cast members Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg, will be released on December 25.

Plummer, 88, said in an interview with Reuters that he sought to bring humanity to Getty, although he said he 'made no pretense at research' for the role ahead of a nine-day reshoot in London and Rome in mid-November. 

Michelle Williams is seen at the premiere. She plays the mother of the kidnapped boy

Michelle Williams is seen at the premiere. She plays the mother of the kidnapped boy

Substitution: Plummer is seen in a scene from the film in the role of billionaire J. Paul Getty

Substitution: Plummer is seen in a scene from the film in the role of billionaire J. Paul Getty

Dropped: This scene with Spacey (right) was one that had to be re-shot before the premiere

Dropped: This scene with Spacey (right) was one that had to be re-shot before the premiere

He said did not see Spacey's original scenes before the re-shoot.

'I had to follow the writing, all in a very short space of time,' Plummer said. 

'I saw him more vulnerable than the script suggested... so he would have some dimension and some humanity.'

Plummer, Scott and Williams were nominated last week for Golden Globe awards.

Scott said he hoped the publicity around the decision to reshoot six weeks before its scheduled release would help rather than overshadow the film.

'I think it may have people attracted to it out of curiosity who normally wouldn't come and see this film.'

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