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Claire Underwood Is Taking Over the White House in the Newest 'House of Cards' Teaser


When House of Cards‘ lead Kevin Spacey, who played Frank Underwood, was fired amid allegations of sexual assault, Twitter responded to the news with one overarching request: Make Claire Underwood, Frank’s scheming co-conspirator played by Robin Wright, President.

After months of speculation about the show’s direction, including a hiatus to rewrite the final season so Spacey’s character was removed, it seems that social media has gotten its wish. For Independence Day (July 4), Netflix released a short teaser on Twitter for House of Cards‘ sixth and final season featuring Claire Underwood and Claire Underwood only. Its title, straight from Netflix: “A message from the President of the United States.”

The accompanying clip, though short, was loaded with details to dissect. In the twelve-second teaser, Claire sits atop a marble seat quite similar to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Her hair is in its signature sharp bob, and she’s dressed in a navy skirt suit—a vision of unwavering power. “Happy Independence Day,” she deadpans directly into the camera, “to me.” The ad ends with a similarly short, but powerful hashtag: #MyTurn. Watch it in its short, political glory, below.

Releasing the teaser on the Fourth of July was no accident on Netflix’s part. When Claire says “Happy Independence Day—to me,” she’s suggesting that, liberated from Spacey’s character, she’s in the driver’s seat from now on. Sure, for Claire’s ice-cold persona, that may include more room for plotting and political corruption—but it’s her turn to be fully in charge.

Claire Underwood’s ascension to power somewhat parallels the gains Wright has made by speaking up and asking for more in her role. In 2016, Wright notably revealed that she had not received equal pay with Kevin Spacey when she first began working on House of Cards—despite the fact that her character was more popular. “I was looking at the statistics, and Claire Underwood’s character was more popular than [Frank’s] for a period of time. So I capitalized on it,” she said at a Rockefeller Foundation speech in 2016. “I was like, ‘You better pay me, or I’m going to go public. And they did.”

House of Cards is clearly moving in a female-powered direction. And, as expected, Twitter was thrilled with the first look at Claire Underwood’s turn in the coveted presidential seat (er, throne.) “This is MY President!” one user replied to Netflix’s account. Another said, “Robin Wright was always the real star.” True that.

Let the countdown to House of Cards season 6 officially begin.

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Twitter Is Ready for Robin Wright to Take Over 'House of Cards' After Netflix Fired Kevin Spacey


The first of several sexual assault and harassment allegations against House of Cards star Kevin Spacey broke on Sunday when Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey made an inappropriate sexual advance toward him when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Since then, eight current and former House of Cards employees have come forward anonymously, alleging they experienced inappropriate sexual conduct from Spacey on the Netflix show’s set. In the wake of these allegations and others, production on the show’s next season has been suspended, and Netflix fired Spacey from the show on Friday. (Netflix has also canceled an upcoming Gore Vidal biopic he starred in and produced.)

Spacey’s firing has left the question of what to do with the final season of the hit show now that the central character is gone. He played Frank Underwood, a politician manipulating his way to the Oval Office and eventually succeeding in his journey. But fans think a new lead character could be a reasonable way to wrap the series—and their vote goes to the frosty, calculating Claire Underwood, Frank’s co-conspiring wife and politician in her own right, who is played on the show by Robin Wright.

The employees who worked with Spacey on the set of House of Cards told CNN that the star created a toxic work environment. One employee alleged he was sexually assaulted by Spacey. “I have no doubt that this type of predatory behavior was routine for him and that my experience was one of many and that Kevin had few if any qualms about exploiting his status and position,” he told CNN. “It was a toxic environment for young men who had to interact with him at all in the crew, cast, background actors.”

House of Cards‘s production is currently suspended to allow writers to rework the show’s final season and write out Spacey’s character, according to what sources have told The Hollywood Reporter.

In the meantime, fans are making their voices heard on Twitter. They don’t want the show to be canceled; instead, they want season six to begin with Wright’s character, Claire, explaining that her husband has died, and she’s taking over the White House.

It’s official: Twitter is voting for Claire Underwood 2018.

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