Underwood is an Americanized version of the original BBC series lead character Francis Urquhart, a Machiavellian post-Margaret Thatcher Chief Whip of the Conservative Party. Urquhart employs deceit, cunning, murder, and blackmail to influence and pursue the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to series producer Beau Willimon, the change in last name stemmed from the “Dickensian” feeling and “more legitimately American” sounding resonance of the name ‘Underwood’. Whereas Urquhart is an aristocrat by birth, Underwood is a self-made man, having been born into a poor Southern family with an alcoholic father.[43] Urquhart was one of television’s first antiheroes,[21] whereas Underwood follows the more recent rash of antiheroes that includes Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking Bad, and Dexter Morgan of Dexter.[20] However, unlike most other antiheroes, Underwood is not forced into immorality either by circumstance (White), birth (Soprano) or upbringing (Morgan). In his review of Season 2, Slant Magazine’s Alan Jones writes that Underwood is evil by choice.[45] Although the character is based on the BBC show’s lead character, in interviews during the writing and filming of season 2, creator and showrunner Willimon said that he used Lyndon B. Johnson as a source of themes and issues addressed in House of Cards.[46] Unlike the right wing Urquhart, who leads the Conservative Party, Underwood is a member of the Democratic Party, but cares little for ideology in favor of “ruthless pragmatism” in furthering his own political influence and power.[8]
The US House of Cards was inspired from them.
Underwood-Urquhart comparisons
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Underwood is an Americanized version of the original BBC series lead character Francis Urquhart, a Machiavellian post-Margaret Thatcher Chief Whip of the Conservative Party. Urquhart employs deceit, cunning, murder, and blackmail to influence and pursue the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to series producer Beau Willimon, the change in last name stemmed from the “Dickensian” feeling and “more legitimately American” sounding resonance of the name ‘Underwood’. Whereas Urquhart is an aristocrat by birth, Underwood is a self-made man, having been born into a poor Southern family with an alcoholic father.[43] Urquhart was one of television’s first antiheroes,[21] whereas Underwood follows the more recent rash of antiheroes that includes Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking Bad, and Dexter Morgan of Dexter.[20] However, unlike most other antiheroes, Underwood is not forced into immorality either by circumstance (White), birth (Soprano) or upbringing (Morgan). In his review of Season 2, Slant Magazine’s Alan Jones writes that Underwood is evil by choice.[45] Although the character is based on the BBC show’s lead character, in interviews during the writing and filming of season 2, creator and showrunner Willimon said that he used Lyndon B. Johnson as a source of themes and issues addressed in House of Cards.[46] Unlike the right wing Urquhart, who leads the Conservative Party, Underwood is a member of the Democratic Party, but cares little for ideology in favor of “ruthless pragmatism” in furthering his own political influence and power.[8]
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WTF are you talking about?
The US version of ‘House of Cards’ was taken from a British show.
The fact that you used ‘US House of Cards’ shows that you know this.
You do realize the concept can be based on one thing and then the storyline can be based on something else, right?
Watch the actual shows.
FU’s wife is a willing participant.
Also, there’s a long, long history of political wives who schemed along side their husbands.
Lady Macbeth sound familiar? Cleopatra? Elanor Roosevelt?
But yes, Hillary and Bill are the only two it could have been. /s
The writer of US House of Cards said the Underwoods are based from the Clintons.
No, no.
I’m going to blindly assert you’re wrong and chain together my own theories with semi-plausible arguments.
Anyway, that’s how the internal power struggles of the Branch Davidians inspired House of Cards.
Cleopatra was scheming long before she was shacking up. Kind of reductive to say she’s a “political wife”.
Worked hard to marry two of the most powerful men in the world.
What would you call it?
Queen of Egypt? She was a ruler in her own right.
So was Queen Isabella. She also married a powerful man.
“Wife” = woman married to a man.
“Political” = relating to politics.
“Political wife” = a wife involved in politics with her husband.
What part of that confused you
The writer of US House of Cards said the Underwoods are based from the Clintons.
Could you post a source for this?