Robin Wright on playing politics on television

House of Cards has revived Robin Wright’s acting career, says Ed Power

ACTRESS Robin Wright almost said ‘no’ to House of Cards, the brooding valentine to political backstabbing that has become the toast of television (even though the show is only on Netflix).

Approached by producer David Fincher to play Claire Underwood, Machiavellian spouse of Kevin Spacey’s dastardly politician, Francis Underwood, she was uninterested. Aged 47, Wright had played ‘the wife’ before and had little appetite for a role as glorified arm candy.