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The final season ofHouse of Cardsis here.
Season 6 hit Netflix Friday withRobin Wright‘s character Claire Underwood officially taking over as the series lead. The shift comes after Claire’s husband Frank Underwood resigned last season and was laterkilled offfollowing thesexual misconduct allegationsbrought against former leadKevin Spacey.
Speaking to PEOPLE at the season premiere party in Los Angeles last month, the cast had nothing but praise to sing about Wright, 52, who also directed the series finale.
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Constance Zimmer, who is returning to play Janine Skorsky, said Wright has been an “empowering force on the show from day one.”
“Just because that wasn’t the number on the call sheet, it doesn’t matter,” she said.
As for how the show moved on without Spacey?
“I mean, look, of course it’s going to be different when you lose a main character of a television show,” said Zimmer, 48. “But I have to say, the team that we have, this crew, this cast, these creators, showrunners, writers, has always been an incredible team. So going back, it was more a sense of excitement that we were going to be able to finish this story no matter what, and that was so empowering.”
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Greg Kinnear, who joined the cast as Lane’s on-screen husband Bill Shepherd, said working with Wright was “tremendous.”
Patricia Clarkson, who plays Jane Davis, praised the show for its ensemble of “powerhouse women.”
“Diane, myself, Robin,” said Clarkson, 58. “I mean, there are some really killer parts for women this year. And it’s what our own government, what our own Congress should be more reflective of. We represent 51 percent of this population and yet only 20 percent represent us in Congress. That has to change.”
The sixth and final season ofHouse of Cardsis now available on Netflix.
source: people.com
