The cover story on Tony Hale and Sophie Turner first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
It was a problem that might have challenged even Michael Kelly’s ruthless political fixer Doug Stamper.
Production had begun on the sixth season of “House of Cards” when lead actor Kevin Spacey was fired following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct (which he has denied). Shooting was halted as the writers devised a way to re-center the show on Claire Underwood, the wife of Spacey’s craven pol Frank Underwood — and a way to wrap up the acclaimed drama in an eight-episode season (instead of the usual 13).