Judi Dench John Phillips/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Judi Dench is opening up about her current feelings towards Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein. Both men played a notable role in the 91-year-old's life and career before their respective #MeToo allegations. Spacey, who starred in the 2001 film The Shipping News with Dench, also supported her following the death of her husband, Michael Williams, that same year. "Kevin has been exonerated and I hear from Kevin, we text," she recently told The Radio Times of Spacey, who was acquitted of sexual assault charges in a U.K. criminal trial in 2023. The actor was also found not liable in a civil case brought in New York in 2022. However, he is set to face more claims of sexual assault in London civil court next year. Related Stories General News Judi Dench Reveals She "Can't Recognize Anybody Now" Due to Eye Condition TV Judi Dench, Jay Blades Travel Documentary to Air on U.K.'s Channel 4 As for Weinstein, who is currently serving a prison sentence after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2023, his former company Miramax worked on several of Dench's films, from distribution to producing, including Mrs. Brown (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Philomena (2013), among others. "I saw a bit of film of Harvey walking with two sticks and you think, 'Well...' 'I knew Harvey and I knew him well and worked with him, and I had none of that experience - very fortunately for me,'" Dench said to The Radio Times. Though she has empathy for his victims, the actress added, "I imagine he's done his time... I don't know, to me it's personal - forgiveness." While the Skyfall star previously called the allegations against the disgraced producer "horrifying," she has also expressed her concerns in the past that Spacey and Weinstein's "work may be forgotten." In response to Dench, Weinstein wrote in a statement, shared by his rep, "I have always been fond of Judi Dench. She is an extraordinary person who played an important role in my career. I've now spent more than six and a half years incarcerated, including a year and a half in Rikers, which counts as double time. I am here for something I did not do, and many of the claims that have been written about me are gradually being shown to be untrue or unsupported." He added, "I am grateful for the kind words that have been expressed, and all I want is the chance to return to my family and children." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Sean "Diddy" Combs Diddy's Mom Joins His Lawyers, Biggie Smalls' Estate to Blast "Lies" in Docuseries The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter Nabs 50 Awards at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, Including 13 First-Place Wins lando norris McLaren's Lando Norris Wins First-Ever F1 World Championship Women in Entertainment 2025 Former Vampire Slayer Eliza Dushku Is Now Helping Others Fight More Harrowing Demons Sundance Institute Tammie Rosen, Veteran Comms Head for the Sundance Institute, Dies at 49 Women in Entertainment 2025 Dakota Johnson, Regina Hall, Chase Infiniti Present $1M in College Scholarships to High School Seniors at THR Women in Entertainment Gala Sean "Diddy" Combs Diddy's Mom Joins His Lawyers, Biggie Smalls' Estate to Blast "Lies" in Docuseries The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter Nabs 50 Awards at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, Including 13 First-Place Wins lando norris McLaren's Lando Norris Wins First-Ever F1 World Championship Women in Entertainment 2025 Former Vampire Slayer Eliza Dushku Is Now Helping Others Fight More Harrowing Demons Sundance Institute Tammie Rosen, Veteran Comms Head for the Sundance Institute, Dies at 49 Women in Entertainment 2025 Dakota Johnson, Regina Hall, Chase Infiniti Present $1M in College Scholarships to High School Seniors at THR Women in Entertainment Gala