Netflix has announced the end on House of Cards after the upcoming sixth season, amid allegations of unwanted sexual advances in 1986 by lead actor Kevin Spacey against then 14-year-old Anthony Rapp.
Just a little more than 12 hours after Rapp made public his allegations of what happened at a party at Spacey's New York City apartment back in the mid-1980s, the streaming service made the official decision to give the famed show the ax. While Netflix and producers Media Rights Capital were leaning towards ending the show a while ago, key cast and creatives were only alerted this morning in a series of calls.
“Media Rights Capital and Netflix are deeply troubled by last night’s news concerning Kevin Spacey,” the companies said in a joint statement today. “In response to last night’s revelations, executives from both of our companies arrived in Baltimore this afternoon to meet with our cast and crew to ensure that they continue to feel safe and supported. As previously scheduled, Kevin Spacey is not working on set at this time.”
Late Sunday (Oct. 29), Rapp claimed that then-26-year-old Spacey drunkenly put the teen on a bed to seduce" him. “I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually,” Rapp said of the 1986 incident when Spacey and he were both on Broadway in a revival of Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Precious Sons, respectively.
Just a few hours later, Spacey issued a statement on social media saying he "did not remember the encounter" but added that he was "horrified" by what Rapp described. "If I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior," Spacey said.
The Oscar-winning actor also used the occasion to publicly announce that after relationships with men and women, he now chose "to live as a gay man," a move that drew harsh criticism for its timing. As for Rapp, the actor said on Twitter after Spacey's apology and announcement, that he had "no further comment ...at this time."
In addition to House of Cards, Netflix's Spacey-starring film Gore about the sardonic author Gore Vidal may also be on the chopping block too.
Having truly launched Netflix’s original programming explosion in 2013, the David Fincher-EP’d House of Cards was created by Beau Willimon based on the 1990 BBC series from Michael Dobbs’ novel. The Emmy-nominated show is currently in production in Maryland for its sixth season. The 13-episode season 6 is expected to debut in mid-2018 on Netflix.
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