In a recent interview with Vulture, Nathan Darrow dished about his character Meechum's arc in Season 4 of House of Cards.

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Darrow spoke about how he reacted when he found out that his character would be killed off.

"In this case, Beau Willimon gave me a call maybe a month and a half before we were going to get back together and work on the fourth season, and he told me this is how the story was going to go," he said. "As an actor, it's tough to know that you're going to have to be looking for work and not be with all the folks like I was all the time. But I thought that it was a really appropriate ending for the character. In some weird way, that was probably how he would have chosen it, too. I think that's what he wanted: He wanted to be there, completely, for Frank, and for Claire. To give his life seemed right."

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The actor also compared Frank (Kevin Spacey) to LBJ, saying that Frank had a similar command on his loyal minions.

"Well, he's powerful. And there's something that's kind of pure about him, very natural," he said. "I don't know if you know much about LBJ, but I think the character shares a lot with [him]. And he apparently had the same kind of thing: He had people that became utterly devoted to him. Even late in life, they still would sort of cower when he raised his voice. I don't think it can be quite put into words. In Meechum's case, there's also something in that person that wants to be in that situation, that wants to be the ultimate loyal soldier."

Finally, when asked how this story might pan out, Darrow brought LBJ up again as a point of reference.

"I don't know! I will say that there's this story about LBJ, when he goes back to his hometown, and he's talking to a reporter--and this is way after he's out of office," he said. "He tells this reporter something like, "this is the first time we did such and such," and he was talking about this college election that he rigged. And I think that's interesting. Imagining him getting away with it."

Season 4 of House of Cards returns on March 4.

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