Six weeks into his run as the suave, fast-talking socialite CK Dexter, Kevin Spacey left his role in The Philadelphia Story to his understudy. He was only away for six weeks, but the artistic director of the Old Vic still came in for a lot of flak.

At the time, he patiently explained that he had a date with a movie camera - he had to fly to Australia for his role as archvillain Lex Luthor in Superman Returns. One of the summer's most eagerly awaited blockbusters, it's also the most expensive film in Hollywood history, with a budget of a quarter of a billion dollars and a multi-million-dollar pay cheque for Spacey.

This story in full can be found in the EVENING STANDARD

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