House of Cardshas always managed to surprise viewers with twists.
Ultimately, showrunners Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson decidedto do the final season without Spacey.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What were your reactions to the Kevin Spacey allegations?
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MELISSA JAMES GIBSON:Highly distressing.
So that was a priority.
Did you have any indication of this alleged behavior?
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PUGLIESE:That probably was a thought.
So whatever the conditions, however it broke, we had to tell her story.
A reckoning with her own ambition and herself and the definition of power.
Losing your main character, did this require a page one rewrite?
GIBSON:Look, it was a significant pivot, obviously.
We had to rethink to a profound degree.
It was just the elements changed.
What can you say about her?
GIBSON:Well, that’s another thing that will have to get negotiated … the fallout from that.
Doug (Michael Kelly) potentially being one or not.
Something we’re always going to be playing with.
But there’s a lot to be reckoned with after six seasons of the show.
And is this country ready for a female president?
Will they allow it?
That is a huge thing hanging over the season.
The real world didn’t.
GIBSON:It was sad.
It was a really amazing day.
PUGLIESE:Nobody wanted of leave.
Some people stayed ‘til daybreak.
Nobody wanted to leave the set.
