Cody Fern was cast as House of Cards season 6 villain before Spacey exit

Cody Fern said he was cast as the main villain for season six of Netflix's House of Cards, a Jared Kushner-type character, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly reported by Deadline on 18 September 2026. He had filmed for a couple of months before allegations against Kevin Spacey halted production, a moment he called 'the nuclear bomb hit'.