The American TV series "House of Cards", whose actors are known for their roles in big movies, appeared in 2013. Since then, every new franchise season has enjoyed unchanged popularity among viewers.
Frank Underwood
The main character in the course of the development of the entire plotis Frank Underwood. He appears in every episode of the "House of Cards" series. Supporting actors vary from season to season, although among them there are permanent actors.
Underwood played Kevin Spacey.During his career, he twice received an Oscar and starred in the most large-scale blockbusters of American cinema. In the series as the main character, he had not appeared before. But that is exceptional and "House of Cards." Already after the announcement of the cast, the audience realized that it was waiting for an unprecedented spectacle.
Character of the main character
В начале повествования Андервуд является Senator from the US Democratic Party. During the series shows his career growth. First, he becomes vice president and then president of the country. But the magnificence of the “house” is precisely that Underwood achieves his own thanks to completely non-democratic methods adopted in the United States.
Underwood is a cunning intriguer.He is distinguished by his cold-bloodedness, which helps him achieve success in the most unexpected and difficult situations. The senator skillfully plays on the passions and interests of others, in order to play off them and force them to do what he needs. Many critics have pointed out that Underwood would be an excellent character for the Italian writer Machiavelli. This Florentine diplomat of the Renaissance is known for his treatise "The Sovereign", in which he described just such a psycho-type behavior of a politician. “The end justifies the means” is the main motto of the ambitious senator from South Carolina. That he makes such an interesting and exciting "House of Cards." Actors playing other characters, however, also deserve attention.
Claire Underwood
Robin Wright played Frank's wife, Claire Underwood.Spouse is very similar to her husband. She is purposeful and is also not burdened with moral principles if it comes to the implementation of far-reaching plans. At the beginning of the series, Claire is president of a charitable foundation in Washington. When Frank began to hold senior positions in the state, his spouse also found himself in global politics.
In the third season, Claire became the US ambassador to the UN.She owns many actions that abruptly changed the plot of the series "House of Cards." The actors and characters of the second plan are also in some cases cynical and pragmatic, but they are far from the married couple Underwood.
Zoe Barnes
The young movie star Kate Mara played a journalistZoe Barnes. She appears in the first two seasons of the series “House of Cards”. Actors and supporting roles in this franchise, as a rule, do not linger on the screen for a long time. So Barnes, who was first one of the central characters, was removed by scriptwriters who decided to kill her with Frank Underwood himself.
In the first episodes, Zoe collaborated with a senator,helping him to arrange convenient and useful leaks in the metropolitan press. Using this method, Underwood got rid of his enemies and increased his popularity through competent PR.
Many of Frank's ingenious moves have become the highlight of the program in the series. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 2015, Kevin Spacey received the Golden Globe for his successful and convincing role.
Peter Russo
Some actors of the series "House of Cards" (asZoe) become involuntary victims of Frank. Such, for example, was Congressman Peter Russo (played by Corey Stoll). This politician has a rather ambiguous biography. During the series, he struggles with bouts of alcoholism and drug addiction.
Young Russo became a convenient tool inthe various machinations of Underwood, who blackmailed him with threats to tell voters the truth about his bad habits. Between these characters a complex relationship is struck up, which either becomes enmity, or turns into a strong alliance. This is notable for the film "House of Cards". Actors play characters that are difficult to attribute to the usual categories of bad and good guys. Each hero has his skeleton in the closet. Periodically, secrets and hidden motives break out, making the plot only more interesting and twisted.
Other features of the series
"House of Cards" has become a significant eventfor the entire industry of American TV shows. Firstly, the fact is that he never went on television. The creators decided to use the new content distribution system. The Netflix network video service has become such an effective tool (replacing television channels).
This project began in the 90s as a company forrental of cassettes with films. When each American had his own Internet connection, the service owners decided to "move" to the Network. Here Netdlix began to distribute unique content, including TV shows.
One of the first major ones was just the “Cardhouse ". Actors (season 3 was released in 2015) now show off not on TV with interruptions in advertising, but play on the screens of user computers and laptops. "House of Cards" can be freely downloaded on the Internet. The creators of the series decided not to fight piracy (which would be a waste of power). Instead, they, on the contrary, created all the conditions so that the viewer from anywhere in the world could get the next franchise season without barriers.
In the end it is worth mentioning then the directorthe first series and the inspiration of the entire project is the famous David Fincher. In 1995, he shot the blockbuster Seven, in which Kevin Spacey played one of the main roles.
