THESE MESSAGES.>>> WE ARE BACK W EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ACTRESS
ROBIN WRIGHT, THE STAR OF HIT
NETFLIX SERIES "HOUSE OF CARDS."
>> THE SHOW RETURNS FOR THE
SIXTH AND FINAL SEASON THIS FALL
BUT WITHOUT KEVIN SPACEY.
HE WAS FIRED AFTER SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. LAST WEEK HE FACED ADDITIONAL
NEW ALLEGATIONS.
NEW ALLEGATIONS. WE SAT DOWN WITH ROBIN WRIGHT
JUST PRIOR TO THOSE ALLEGATIONS
AND I ASKED HER HOW THAT REAL
LIFE DRAMA HAS AFFECTED THE
"HOUSE OF CARDS" TEAM.
>> I THINK WE WERE ALL
SURPRISED, OF COURSE.
ULTIMATELY SADDENED.
ULTIMATELY SADDENED. WE FORGED AHEAD.
WE WERE SO THANKFUL WE WERE ABLE
TO COMPLETE THE SERIES AS
PLANNED.
PLANNED. >> THIS FALL THE POPULAR NETFLIX
POLITICAL DRAMA "HOUSE OF CARDS"
RETURNS FOR ITS SIXTH AND FINAL
SEASON, BUT IT WILL BE WITHOUT
ONE OF ITS BIGGEST STARS, KEVIN
SPACY, WHO PLAYED PRESIDENT
FRANK UNDERWOOD AFTER SPACY
FACED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT LAST YEAR.
>> WAS THERE ANYTHING IN ALL THE
YEARS OF WORKING WITH THEM THAT
MADE YOU THINK SOMETHING LIKE
THIS WAS POSSIBLE?
>> WE WERE CO-WORKERS, REALLY.
WE WEREN’T -- IF HE EVER
SOCIALIZED OUTSIDE OF WORK.
RESPECTFUL, PROFESSIONAL
RESPECTFUL, PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONSHIP. HE WAS SO GREAT WITH ME.
THERE WAS NEVER DISRESPECT TO
ME.
ME. SO THAT’S MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. THAT’S THE ONLY THING I FEEL
THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >> FOLLOWING THE ACCUSATIONS BY
ACTOR ANTHONY RAPP, SPACEY
ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING HE
DIDN’T REMEMBER THE ENCOUNTER
THAT HE SAYS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO ADDING,
IF I DID BEHAVE THEN AS HE
DESCRIBES, I OWE HIM THE
SINCEREST APOLOGY FOR WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATE, DRUNKEN
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. >> HAS HE TRIED TO REACH OUT, OR
HAVE YOU TRIED TO REACH OUT?
>> NO.
>> NO. I HAVEN’T HEARD FROM HIM, AND I
DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO REACH
HIM.
HIM. >> WAS THERE ANY KIND OF RED
FLAG OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE
MADE YOU THINK THIS IS POSSIBLE.
>> KEVIN AND I KNOW EACH OTHER
BETWEEN ACTION AND CUT AND IN
BETWEEN SETUPS WHERE WE WOULD
GIGGLE.
GIGGLE. I DIDN’T REALLY -- I DIDN’T KNOW
THE MAN.
THE MAN. I KNEW THE FBL CRAFTSINCREDIBLE
THAT HE IS.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE NETFLIX DID
THE RIGHT THING CUTTING TIES.
>> I DON’T KNOW HOW TO COMMENT
ON THAT.
ON THAT. I THINK AT THAT TIME THE SHOCK
WAS SO INTENSE ALL OVER THE
NATION FOR MANY REASONS, MANY
STORIES, MANY PEOPLE, I THINK
THAT EVERYBODY FELT IT WAS
RESPECT FUL
RESPECT FUL RESPECTFUL TO BACK OFF.
>> WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> NOW AS "HOUSE OF CARDS"
PREPARES TO RELEASE ITS FINAL
SEASON THIS FALL, ROBIN WRIGHT’S
CHARACTER, CLARE UNDERWOOD IS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THIS AN EDITED SCENE.
>> WRIGHT IS TAKING ON AN
ADDITIONAL ROLE HERSELF,
DIRECTOR OF THE SERIES FINALE.
MICHAEL KELLY AND CONSTANCE
ZIMMER CO-STAR IN THE SERIES AND
PART OF THE ORIGINAL CAST WITH
SPACEY.
SPACEY. >> THE FIRST TABLE READ, THAT
WAS -- IT WAS ALWAYS ROBIN,
KEVIN, AND ME AT THE HEAD OF THE
TABLE.
TABLE. THE FIRST TIME WE SAT DOWN IT
WAS ME AND ROBIN.
BOTH OF US LOOKED AT EACH OTHER
AND IT WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW.
WE’RE DOING THIS.
>> I ALSO THINK WHAT PEOPLE
DON’T REALIZE IS WE ALREADY KNEW
THAT THIS SEASON, THE FINAL
SEASON BEFORE ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ME.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THIS EARTHQUAKE
OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT.
AND YOU’VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
A LONG TIME.
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED HARASSMENT?
>> OF COURSE.
WHO HASN’T.
WHO HASN’T. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THIS IS A BIGGER, BROADER
ISSUE, I THINK, WHICH IS
SEDUCTION, I DON’T CARE WHO YOU
ARE, IT’S ABOUT POWER.
ONCE YOU OVERPOWER SOMEONE, THAT
PERSON THEN BECOMES VULNERABLE.
AND THIS LAST YEAR I THINK HAS
SHINED A LIGHT IN A NEW WAY TO
ALLOW US TO START A NEW
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. SO WE JUST NEED TO SHIFT THE
PARADIGM.
PARADIGM. >> FASCINATING INTERVIEW.
>> WELL, IT’S INTERESTING.
CAN YOU IMAGINE, IT WAS REALLY
THE 2011 THEM FOR THIS SHOW.
THE SEASON ENDED, AND THEN THIS
EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS.
EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS. KEVIN SPACEY IS OUT.
I THINK THE WHOLE CAST FEELS
REALLY GOOD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
COMPLETE THE SERIES AND TIE UP
SOME LOOSE ENDS.
YES, I TRIED TO GET SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
TO THESE CHARACTERS.
WE’LL HAVE A LOT MORE OF OUR
INTERVIEW COMING UP THIS FALL
CLOSER TO THE TIME WHEN IT’S
RELEASED.
RELEASED. >> THIS WAS ALREADY SUPPOSED TO
BE THE FINAL SEASON.
I DIDN’T KNOW THAT.
>> ACTUALLY, SHE HAD ALREADY
BECOME PRESIDENT, TURNED TO THE
CAMERA AND SAID, "IT’S MY TURN."
THEM IT ALL HAPPENED.
I GUESS IT KIND OF WORKED IN
TERMS OF THE SHOW AS WELL.
WE SHOULD MENTION WE DID REACH
OUT TO KEVIN SPACEY’S TEAM FOR
COMMENT, WE DID NOT HEAR BACK.
WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM ROBIN AND
HER "HOUSE OF CARDS" CASTMATES