>>> FOR THOSE OF US CLIMBING TO
THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN THERE
CAN BE NO MERCY.
THERE IS BUT ONE RULE.
HUNT OR BE HUNTED.
WELCOME HOME.
>> KEVIN SPACEY IS THE DEVIOUS
PRESIDENT FRANK UNDERWOOD IN THE
NETFLIX SHOW "HOUSE OF CARDS"
BACK THIS WEEK FOR THE FIFTH
SEASON.
ADD SPASCEY'S ROLE IN SEVEN,
AMERICAN CONFIDENTIAL AND
AMERICAN BEAUTY.
TWO OF THOSE PERFORMANCES WON
HIM AN OSCAR.
LONG BEFORE SPACE ESTABLISHED
HIMSELF AS A HOLLYWOOD ACTOR HE
WAS ON STAGE TRYING TO MAKE A
NAME FOR HIMSELF.
NEXT WEEK, SPACEY WILL HOST THE
TONY AWARDS.
KEVIN AND I GOT DOWN AT THE
SAMED RESTAURANT SARDI'S
RESTAURANT AT THE NEW YORK
THEATER DISTRICT.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M WALKING WITH
THE MAYOR --
>> HOP ON, HOP OFF.
>> WELCOME TO NEW YORK.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO TAKE YOU
TODAY?
>> ON A WALK THROUGH MANHATTAN'S
THEATER DISTRICT, KEVIN SPACEY
LOOKS LIKE A MAN RUNNING FOR
OFFICE.
>> HI, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FROM?
TORONTO.
>> HE'S HAD SOME PRACTICE
APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC.
PLAYING PRESIDENT FRANK
UNDERWOOD IN THE NETFLIX HIT
"HOUSE OF CARDS."
>> IS EVERYONE LOOKS FORWARD TO
"HOUSE OF CARDS"?
ENJOY YOUR TOUR OF NEW YORK.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE.
GO SO BROADWAY SHOWS.
>> THE 57-YEAR-OLD ALWAYS HAS
BEEN A CHEERLEADER FOR LIVE
THEATER.
HE WON AT TONY AT AGE THROWN AND
SPENT A DECADE RUNNING THE OLD
THEATER DISTRICT.
NEXT SUNDAY, HE TAKES ON THE
HONOR OF HOST OF TONY AWARDS.
WHAT'S THE FEELING?
EXCITEMENTS, NERVES.
>> I HOPE THEY'RE NOT ZPOUVNLT
DISAPPOINTED THAT I'M NOT JAMES
CORDEN.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHOW
IT'S GOING TO BE FROM YOUR
POINT, SONG, DANCE?
>> YOU KNOW, I SEE NO READY TO
BREAK TRADITION.
HAVE SOME FUN, I MAY PUT ON A
TALL PAIR OF BOOTS AND DO YOU.
>> Reporter: BORN IN NEW JERSEY
AND RAISED IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA SPACEY WAS A HIGH
SCHOOL ACTOR AND A
CO-VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS CLASS.
HE JOIN ED JUILLIARD BEFORE
DROPPING OUT TO BECOME AN ACTOR.
HE WAS LAST IN LONG DAYS JOURNEY
INTO NIGHT STARRING ALONGSIDE
JACK LEMON.
>> I THINK THIS IS IT RIGHT
HERE.
>> OH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT PICTURE
VERY WELL.
THAT'S WHEN I WAS DOING "LONG
DAYS."
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH I WAS 26, WOW.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WAS A MOVE
BEST TO HOLLYWOOD THAT MADE
SPACEY A HOUSEHOLD NAME WITH
MEMORABLE ROLES IN MOVIES LIKE
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.
>> WILL YOU GO TO LUNCH?
GO TO LUNCH.
WILL YOU GO TO LUNCH?
>> Reporter:"SEVEN."
>> YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH ME.
>> Reporter: AND "L.A.
CONFIDENT."
>> DON'T START TRYING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING, BOYLE.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE PRACTICE.
>> Reporter: SPACEY'S ROLE UPON
HIM AN OSCAR FOR THE BEST ACTOR.
THE TWIST ENDING HAS MADE IT A
CLASSIC IT'S SEEN AS USUAL
SUSPECTS IN THE END, THE BIG
REVEAL.
WHAT DID THAT ROLE IN THAT MOVIE
MEAN TO YOU AND YOUR FILM
CAREER?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST TIMES IN MY CAREER
WHERE A DIRECTOR TAUGHT FOR ME.
BRIAN SINGER FOUGHT FOR ME.
HIS ARGUMENT WAS I CAN'T HAVE AN
AUDIENCE SEEING AN ACTOR WHO
THEY KNOW IN THAT ROLE BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP WAITING
FOR THAT ACTOR IT TURN UP TO BE
SOMEBODY.
AND I HAVE TO HAVE IT SOMEBODY
THAT THEY DON'T SEE COMING.
>> Reporter: FOUR YEARS LATER
SPACEY WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST
ACTOR FOR "AMERICAN BEAUTY."
>> THIS IS MY --
>> HER HUSBAND.
WE'VE MET BEFORE.
BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU'RE
GOING TO REMEMBER ME THIS TIME.
>> Reporter: NOW, YOU'RE SITTING
WITH A BEST SUPPORTING AND BEST
ACTOR OSCAR.
AND THERE ARE VERY FEW ACTORS
WHO HAVE EVER DONE THAT.
AND YOU STOOD ON THAT STAGE AND
YOU THANKED SOMEONE WHOSE
PICTURE IS UP IN THIS ROOM.
MR. JACK LEMMON.
>> JACK LEMMON, WHEREVER YOU
ARE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> WELL, HE WAS NOT JUST A
CO-STAR OF MINE.
I WAS FORTUNATE THAT WE DID
THREE FILMS TOGETHER AND ONE
PLAY ON BROADWAY TOGETHER BUT I
WAS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE MET HIM
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
AND THEN HE BECAME AN INCREDIBLE
MENTOR, FATHER FIGURE.
AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FRIEND
IN MY LIFE.
I ADORE HIM, I MISS HIM.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOT A DAY
THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T JUST
TRY TO KEEP A LITTLE TWIST OF
LEMMON IN MY HEART.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE
ARE TALK ABOUT SEASON FIVE OF
"HOUSE OF CARDS" RELEASED
EARLIER THIS WEEK ON NETFLIX.
SPACEY PLAYS PRESIDENT FRANK
UNDERWOOD, THE DOWNRIGHT EVIL
WASHINGTON OPERATOR WHO HAS MADE
IT ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> I WILL NOT YIELD.
>> Reporter: WHO IS FRANK
UNDERWOOD?
WHAT DOES HE REPRESENT WHAT DOES
HE SAY ABOUT WASHINGTON?
>> FRANK REPRESENTS AMBITION.
AND I THINK HE'S -- I'VE ALWAYS
LOOKED AT HIM AS A BIT OF A
CHESS MASTER.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ABOUT 17 YEARS
AHEAD OF ANYONE ELSE.
AND HE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE SO
WELL, THAT HE CAN IN MANY CASES
PREDICT HOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO
REACT TO WHAT HE MAY DO OR PLAN
OR SAY.
>> LET ME TELL YOU HOW THIS
CONVERSATION IS GOING TO GO.
YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PARTY
LOYALTY.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW
WEAK YOUR CANDIDATES ARE.
AND YOU REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SAY
THAT YOUR TICKET CAN STILL WIN
OHIO.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY, NO, THEY
CAN'T.
>> I TALKED TO POLITICIANS.
REAL POLITICIANS, SOME WHO SAY
IT'S JUST A FANTASY.
AND NO PERSON LIKE THIS.
AND THEN OTHERS WHO HAVE SAID
IT'S CLOSER TO REALITY THAN
YOU'D EVER LIKE TO IMAGINE.
>> DOES THE SHOW FEEL AN
OBLIGATION TO REFLECT THE
POLITICAL CLIMATE OF THE SEASON
IT'S IN?
WHETHER IT'S THE LAST PRESIDENT
OR THIS PRESIDENT?
>> NO WE NEVER HAVE.
WE JUST FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO BE
TRUE TO OURSELVES TO STAY ON THE
RUNWAY THAT WE'RE ON, TRYING TO
TELL THE STORY THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO TELL.
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING THAT
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTARY
THAT "HOUSE OF CARDS" IS GOING
TO BE BORING NOW.
HOW CAN IT COMPETE WITH THE REAL
WORLD IT'S ALL SO CRAZY OUT
THERE, THAT THEY MIGHT AS WELL
CANCEL THE SHOW AND I KIND OF
FEEL THEY'VE NEVER BEEN MORE
WRONG.
>> WAS THERE EVER A CHANCE YOU
WEREN'T GOING TO BE AN ACTOR?
>> NO MY MOTHER LITERALLY WAS
TEACHERING ME HOW TO ACCEPT AN
OSCAR WITH A KETCHUP BOTTLE.
* RICH.
YOU CAN.
MY FATHER WAS A LITTLE MORE
PRACTICAL, HE WOULD SAY THINGS
LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING
TO FALL BACK ON.
>> MY MOTHER SAID, SHUT UP, JURY
GOING TO HAVE AN OSCAR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MOM FOR
DRIVING ME TO THOSE ACTING
CLASSES ON VENTURA BOULEVARD
WHEN I WAS 16.
I TOLD YOU THEY WOULD PAY OFF
AND HERE'S THE PUDDING.
>> THE NEW SEASON OF "HOUSE OF
CARDS" IS STREAMING NOW ON
NETFLIX AND THE TONY AWARDS NEXT
SUNDAY NIGHT.
ON JUNE 15th AND 16th, SPACEY
WILL PERFORM A ONE-MAN SHOW OF
CLARENCE DARROW, HOME OF ARTHUR
ASHE TENNIS STADIUM.
IT SHOULD BE COOL.
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW KEVIN
DREAMED UP THAT EVENT AND HOW
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