Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson, Here and Now

May 2, 2014

Kevin Spacey is known for his work in film, for example, his Oscar-winning roles in “American Beauty” and “The Usual Suspects,” and for the Netflix TV series “House of Cards.”

But he also has a deep-seated love of theater. Spacey has served as the artistic director of British theater company Bristol Old Vic for the past decade.

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On Richard III and Frank Underwood in ‘House of Cards’

“The characters have certain similarities. I think that one of the things I would say about both of them are they have this uncanny ability to predict the way that people are going to respond and react to things, and that allows both of them as figures, sort of toiling their way through a political world, to be able to be about 16 chess moves ahead.”

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