Kevin Spacey is my best friend. When I see pictures of him - stills from his films, or photographs of him brandishing a cane at the Emmy’s - I feel warm inside. Like, oh you, Kevin Spacey!! What are you like! Obviously Kevin Spacey is not in the habit of associating with tiny English students whose only topic of conversation would be “Can you sing Beyond the Sea again please, Kevin Spacey?” - we made friends only in some cheerful corner of my mind, one that, on finishing the first episode of ‘House of Cards’, decided that, yeah, we were going to get along just great.
'House of Cards' was the reason I got Netflix in the first place. I'd been on a 'The Thick of It' kick and craved seeing more politicians being vile to each other. After a few episodes, I was telling everyone I knew that they really, really had to watch it. It was the combination of a killer theme tune (it's honestly brilliant), slick production values and Kevin Spacey's character, Frank Underwood's way of directly addressing the audience that made me such an evangelist.
