Netflix Trolls Kevin Spacey in Trailer for House of Cards' Final Season

‘The reign of the middle-aged white man is over’

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Netflix released a trailer today for House of Cards’ sixth and final season, which makes clear that the drama is distancing itself from its disgraced former star, Kevin Spacey.

Production on Season 6 was suspended last November in light of sexual harassment allegations against Spacey, who starred as President Frank Underwood. Actor Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed last October that Spacey made a sexual advance toward him when he was 14.

Soon after, eight current and past House of Cards staffers told

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