Last weekend, Anthony Rapp said that Kevin Spacey forced himself on the then 14-year-old in 1986. Since then several other men have come forward saying the same thing. Then things got even worse when it was reported that there are several complaints against the actor on the set of his Netflix show House of Cards throughout the years.
House of Cards was in production when this all went down and immediately stopped filming. They also announced that this season will be its last and it was always intended that way before all of this went down.
Now the show has a dilemma, how do they go on? According to The Hollywood Reporter, they already shot two episodes for season 6 and they were getting ready to shoot the third. Now with the show on a 2 week break (maybe longer) due to the show’s star seeking treatment and his reputation completely ruined, they have to decide if Frank Underwood will be around for the series finale. The trade says sources told them the writers are reworking the political drama and one of the things they are looking at is getting rid of Spacey’s character once and for all. Something that is totally plausible because the book the show is based on killed off Frank Underwood before the final chapter.
Personally, if I were Netflix. I would scrap the first two episodes and start over completely fresh without Spacey at all. The viewers are not going to be ready to see his face anytime soon. Which sucks for me because I was looking forward to a Nine Lives sequel.
What do you think House of Cards should do to Frank Underwood?
UPDATE: Netflix released this statement, “Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey. We will continue to work with MRC [series producer Media Rights Capital] during this hiatus time to evaluate our path forward as it relates to the show. We have also decided we will not be moving forward with the release of the film Gore, which was in post-production, starring and produced by Kevin Spacey.” No word how the show will go on or if it will go on, but I am sure we will find out in the coming weeks.
