He's hilarious, which is helpful because we have a lot of difficult scenes, and we laughed through a lot of it." On Kevin Spacey: "He's really prepared and also super playful and open to trying whatever. So I owe a little bit of that to my sister." Two months later David asked me to play the role.
I called my sister and told her how amazing David's new project was and that I really wanted the part.
Zoe's morals are different than mine, but I related to her passion for her job and her drive. They were still shooting that film when I read the House of Cards script and fell in love with the role of Zoe Barnes. We became friends throughout the Dragon Tattoo because it was such a long shoot, and became close with his family, so we knew each other socially. On David Fincher: "I'd known him from The Social Network, because my sister and a bunch of my friends were in that, so I met him then.
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We asked Mara (who is dating Max Minghella) about some of the men in her professional life, starting with Fincher, who directed her younger sister, Rooney, in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Their rapid-fire banter, Willimon's meticulous plotting and Fincher's moody, jittery atmosphere make for a riveting thriller. The effect is a blend of The West Wing meets All the President's Men. Hungry to make a national name for herself, Mara accepts incriminating leaked documents from Spacey, playing Carl Bernstein to Spacey's Deep Throat. Mara plays an ambitious reporter for the Washington Herald (the same fictional newspaper Denzel Washington wrote for in The Pelican Brief). Snubbed in his secretary of state bid and hell-bent on retribution, Spacey masterminds the downfall of the newly-elected president by manipulating the media (George Stephanopoulos and several other CNN pundits have cameos). Spacey and Robin Wright are outstanding as a cunning congressman and his equally ruthless wife. Written by Beau Willimon ( The Ides of March), the first two episodes are directed by David Fincher ( The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), with other acclaimed directors-including Joel Schumacher and James Foley-helming the first season's other eleven episodes. In its new foray into original programming, Netflix hits it out of the park with a first-rate, HBO-quality series. We chatted with Mara last night at a Tribeca Grand Hotel cocktail party celebrating House of Cards, which premieres tonight on Netflix. In her new project, House of Cards, Mara is superb as she matches wits with the formidable Kevin Spacey. Justin Timberlake, Heath Ledger, James Franco–Kate Mara has already worked with an impressive list of young actors. Photo: Courtesy of Melinda Sue Gordon for Netflix Without saying anything, Zoe's power conquers Frank's power, clearly scaring him before she gouges his eyes out - a similar nightmare he has had about Claire, too.Courtesy of Melinda Sue Gordon for Netflix
Also just like the First Lady, Zoe oozes power. Her hair is short - in defense of the show, Kate Mara has a similar 'do as Claire - and her dress is very First Lady. This time around, Zoe appears to be more of a Claire than a Zoe. In the moments before Frank is about to die, he slips into a hallucination where he imagines all of the people he's killed in the past three seasons.
He's in need of a liver transplant - positioned second on the donor list - but almost dies before successfully getting a new liver. And who better to do that then the ghost of someone you've killed? But how long are these nightmares going to last, and how many episodes of House of Cards Season 4 is Kate Mara set to be in?Īfter being shot in the abdomen by Lucas Goodwin, Episode 6 features Frank barely holding on to his life. Her appearance is completely unexpected, yet perfect, because Frank's been a bad guy lately and needs to be put in his place. In a true kick-him-while-he's-down moment, Zoe Barnes returns to House of Cardsand taunts Frank Underwood while he's in a medically-induced nightmare. (Warning: This post contains major spoilers from Episode 6 on of House of Cards Season 4.) She's back, and the timing couldn't be better.