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Feb 27, 2015 · The 13-episode third season of Netflix original series "House of Cards" is now available to stream. But what it is about the show that has fans in such a tizzy?
Jul 15, 2015 · How do the pair come to terms with the reality of life in the White House? We told the story of Francis and Clare's lust for power and what they were willing to do in order to obtain it.
House of Cards is an American political thriller television series created by Beau Willimon. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same title by Michael Dobbs and an adaptation of the 1990 British series of the same name by Andrew Davies, also from the novel. The first 13-episode season was released on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service ...
- Rachel Was Originally A One-Off Character
- It's Based Off A BBC Miniseries
- Family Connections
- Kate Mara's A Huge NFL Fan
- It's Shot in Maryland and Has Connections to The Wire
- It's Expensive to Make
- It's Grounded in Real World Politics
- The Writing Team Knows Their Stuff
- The Entire Cast Were First Choice Picks
- It's A Big Hit in China
When actress Rachel Brosnahan (who plays Doug Stamper’s tortured call girl/Achilles heel) was originally cast, she was set to appear in only two episodes and recite a total of five lines. Showrunner Beau Willimon stated: Rachel plays such an integral part in the series that it's difficult to imagine the show without her presence. Her relationship w...
As freshly original as House of Cards may seem, it's actually based on a BBC miniseries from 1990 of the same name. The British original series took place after Margaret Thatcher’s period as Prime Minister and went for four episodes, and was itself an adaptation of a series of novels by Michael Dobbs. So for the American version, the Conservative F...
There is quite the familial connection in the House of Cards White House, as Michael Gill and Jayne Atkinson (President Garrett Walker and Secretary of State Catherine Durant, respectively) have been married for nearly 20 years. Their marriage was actually unbeknownst to Fincher, Spacey and the rest of the cast until after they were already hired. ...
A relative of both New York Giants owner John Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, football runs through Kate’s blood - she’s even sung at games for both teams. Mara even once joked that, “If I’m mad at my mom I root for the Giants, and if I’m pissed at my dad I root for the Steelers.” So it crushed Kate in 2006 when she was forced to ...
Fans of HBO’s critically acclaimed series, The Wire (which is shot, and set in Baltimore), would have noticed many familiar faces and places in House of Cards, which is no coincidence. Although the show is set in Washington, the vast majority of it is filmed on a 300,000 ft soundstage in Joppa, near Baltimore. The soundstage boasts recreations of t...
David Fincher and Kevin Spacey (who’s also an executive producer) began developing House of Cards without a network backing it. After shopping the show around to the likes of HBO and AMC, Netflix eventually won out the bidding war by signing on to a two season commitment right out of the gate. The streaming giant spared no expense, allocating $100 ...
Kevin Spacey has said that Bill Clinton once told him that “99 percent of what you do on that show is real.” What’s the one percent that the show gets wrong, you ask? “You could never get an education bill passed that fast.” While Bill may be exaggerating a bit as to how real the fictional show is, there certainly are elements of truth. In season o...
The writer of the source novel, Michael Dobbs, didn’t have much extra research to do for his book. On top of being a writer, Dobbs was Margaret Thatcher's chief of staff in 1986 and 1987, and the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party from 1994 to 1995. Keeping the material grounded in reality for the U.S. version became the job of series creato...
In the commentary track for the first season, executive producer David Fincher explains that when he first got the cast in a room together, he took the opportunity to impart some wisdom on the group: “Every single person in this room represents our first choice, so don’t f*** this up. If you do, I will never forgive you.” In other words, it was an ...
House of Cards has found a massive audience in China, where it streams on the Chinese equivalent of Netflix, Sohu TV. The streaming service has reported that House of Cardswas ranked first among the American programs that they stream. According to Sohu TV, the majority of the 24.5 million people that tune into the show in China are from Beijing, an...
Feb 1, 2013 · “House of Cards” was guaranteed two 13-episode seasons off the bat, and it uses the luxury of that runtime to ease the audience into Underwood’s world, into his place as an extremely ...
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Nov 2, 2018 · The one reason House of Cards still had the potential to deliver a satisfying finale for its many fans, despite the absence of its initial protagonist, stems from how much those fans love...
