May 11, 2004
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Spacey's Brother Reveals Abusive Past (Imdb.com5/08/04)
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey's older brother Randall Fowler has unveiled a dark harrowing past, where he was sexually abused by their Nazi-obsessed father. Fowler, who earns his money as a Rod Stewart look-alike, is currently working on a book called I'm Spacey's Brother Whether He Likes It Or Not, in which he plans to expose an array of buried family secrets - including his own abuse by his would-be writer father Geoff, who died in 1992 at the age of 68. According to Fowler, his father was an ultra right-wing, perverted sadist and a member of the American Nazi party who trimmed his moustache to resemble his idol Adolf Hitler. And while he claims his father regularly beat Kevin and their sister Julie, Randall says he was put through the horror of sexual molestation. He says, "I constantly threatened my father that if he ever touched (Kevin) I'd confront my mother with what was going on and that would destroy the family. I really felt I was sacrificing myself for the sake of my little bother. (Kevin) was so determined to avoid the whippings, that he just minded his Ps and Qs until there was nothing inside. He had no feelings." Spacey's spokesperson Staci Wolfe tells America's Star magazine, "(Randall's) claim against his father is a very serious one and has been a difficult personal family matter. The family all feel deeply for his situation. Kevin has not experienced any of the distress his brother describes - he has never been a victim of abuse. He can only sympathize with him." Randall claims that in 1987, he confronted Spacey about his sexuality, to which the actor responded, "I don't consider myself heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual - just sexual." Randall adds, "To the best of my knowledge, Kevin has never had a real relationship with anyone except our mother. He's an empty vessel. Neither of us had a chance, growing up with two such damaged parents."
No wonder Bill Clinton likes him so much. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 11, 2004 12:19 PM
How is one to write satire when real news stories have lines such as "Fowler, who earns his money as a Rod Stewart look-alike"?
Posted by: carter at May 11, 2004 4:49 PMBeat me to it, carter. But just exactly how to you get money for looking like Rod Stewart?
I mean, do you stand on the corner and sell autographs, or what?
i'm starting to think more and more the actors play their true selves in their acting, nothing much more than that. I like Spacey as an actor, but he comes across as, more or less, lacking any real conscience to anything. This write-up by his brother does make sense.
Posted by: neil at May 11, 2004 6:21 PMHere was I thinking Spacey was a stand-up guy, then I remembered it was Malkovitch who offered to kill Galloway. I like Spacey too I guess.
Posted by: Amos at May 11, 2004 11:01 PMHarry, they get hired for parties and conventions. I was at an IT conference in LA last year, and the vendor sponsors put on a party one evening. There was a Madonna look-alike that you could have your picture taken with.
Posted by: Robert Duquette at May 12, 2004 12:46 AMCelebrity impersonators also freelance.
On Hollywood's 'Walk of Stars', there are several people who will have their picture taken with tourists, for a fee; The guy in the Superman costume reportedly makes $ 300 a day.
Well, I'll be darned. Is this a great country, or what?
Posted by: Harry Eagar at May 13, 2004 6:11 PM