Trivia / House of Cards (UK)

• Fake American: International media mogul Benjamin Landless was American and was portrayed by Kenny Ireland, who was Scottish.
• Killed by Request: Ian Richardson only agreed to do a third series on condition that Urquhart wouldn't be alive by the end ^note  F.U. was killed off at the end of the third novel, but the endings were changed for the TV adaptations of the first and second novels .
• Life Imitates Art:
  • Urquhart's catchphrase was quickly adopted by real politicians.
  • Tim Renton, the real life Conservative Chief Whip at the time, couldn't resist doing an FU impression for the tourists at Downing Street.

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