House Of Cards star Kevin Spacey says it is “silly” to compare the hit Netflix show to 2016 US presidential politics.
The actor, 56, who plays ruthless president Francis Underwood in the political drama, walked the red carpet for the season four premiere in Washington.
The latest series is set in an election year. Asked which is more surprising — the new season or the 2016 presidential race, which has seen Donald Trump emerge as the Republican frontrunner — he said: “It’s sort of silly to compare the two because they’re both a little bit unpredictable and audiences have no idea where we’re going to go and what we’re going to do. And that’s, I think, part of the enjoyment that an audience has — they don’t really know.”
Talking about the real world, he said: “I mean now it’s becoming a little bit predictable what’s going to happen. But you know at the same time I happen to believe that we get what we deserve.
“And Edward R Murrow warned us in 1964 that when news divisions decide the news has to make money and has to get ratings it’s no longer news, it’s entertainment.
“So if people are bothered by the fact that we seem to be having entertainment as news, it’s because the news divisions decided that money and ratings were more important than reporting.”
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The National Portrait Gallery, where the event took place, unveiled a portrait of Spacey by Jonathan Yeo in character as Underwood. The fourth season will be available on Netflix on March 4.
