Kevin Spacey, Star of ‘House of Cards’ and a Bromance With Bill Clinton
Before Kevin Spacey got into character as Francis Underwood, the fictional congressman who by the third season of “House of Cards” has murdered and manipulated his way into the Oval Office, he liked to portray a real-life president: Bill Clinton.
“We, in fact, have spent so much time together that sometimes I even become him,” Mr. Spacey said last fall at an event in Little Rock, Ark., to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center.
“I’m from a place called Hope,” Mr. Spacey said as he feigned Mr. Clinton’s Arkansas accent, which sounded vaguely like Underwood, who is from South Carolina.
“Let me tell you one thing, I love that ‘House of Cards’ — it’s so good,” Mr. Spacey continued in his Clinton voice. “Ninety-nine percent of what they do on that show is real, and the 1 percent they got wrong is that you could never get an education bill passed that fast.”
Mr. Clinton joined Mr. Spacey onstage, and a bromance between the two men ensued. Mr. Clinton grinned widely, relishing the impersonation. He put his arm around Mr. Spacey. . .
For all its villainy, “House of Cards” could also be instructive. At a time of partisan gridlock in Washington, Frank and Claire do manage to get a sweeping education bill passed, impeach a sitting president and start a fiery national debate about military sexual assault, all while sharing the occasional cigarette together in the windowsill of their townhouse.
“I wish things were that ruthlessly efficient,” President Obama told a group of tech executives including Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, who gathered at the White House last year. “I was looking at Kevin Spacey. I was saying this guy is getting a lot of stuff done.”
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