Lady Judi Dench criticizes Kevin Spacey's removal of the film

Lady Judi Dench said that it was wrong to remove her performance from Kevin Spacey in a recent movie.

"I can not under any circumstances approve – whatever he did – that you start shooting him," she told a film festival in Spain.

She said that Spacey was "invaluable comfort" when they worked on a movie shortly after the death of her husband.

A number of allegations of sexual misconduct have been brought against the Oscar winner, which he denies.

The scandal led Sir Ridley Scott to fulfill his role as oil tycoon, Jean Paul Getty, in All the Money in the World and resume his scenes with Christopher Plummer.

Plummer was then nominated for an Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe for his contribution to the film.

Speaking Tuesday at the San Sebastian Festival, Dame Judi suggested that the decision to erase Spacey's appearance creates a worrying precedent.

"Are we obliged to go back through history now and whoever has misbehaved in any way, or has broken the law, or committed some kind of offense, will- they always be cut? " she told reporters.

"Are we going to exclude them from our history?" I do not know any of the conditions, but nonetheless I think he's and was a terrific actor … and a good friend. "

The 83-year-old said she could not "imagine" what Spacey was currently doing – with whom she was working on the 2001 movie The Shipping News.

A spokesman for the actor said last November that he "took the necessary time to get an evaluation and treatment."

As a result of the allegations made against him, the actor was entered in the final series of the drama series House of Cards Netflix.

Billionaire Boys Club, a film in which he played a supporting role, performed poorly at the US box office when it was released in July.

Lady Judi's comments about her former co-star sparked a mixture of censorship and praise on social media.

Jean-Pierre Leduc leased it for "speak his mind"and that people" should have a second chance ".

Other Twitter users, however, said to have "crossed a line" and that his support for Spacey was "disgusting".

Lady Judi went to Spain this week to promote her new film, the spy thriller Red Joan, and receive an award for excellence.

The Oscar-winning actress Oscar, Bafta and Olivier described herself as "an actor in the job", adding: "I can not bear to lower a part because I think I may not have to ask myself ".

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