At the two-day Netflix festival in Paris, Kevin Spacey was present for promoting House of Cards and dished about how things might change because of showrunner Beau Willimon exit.

Willimon was not present at the event, from which The Independent reported. "Beau was very tired," Spacey said of Willimon's absence. "He's been working nonstop since we began. He's a remarkable man; we've had an incredible experience and without question, I'll miss him being there every day."

Spacey went on to assure fans that the show will not change dramatically with Willimon's exit as the writer's room remains the same.

"But the writer's room is the same writers that we had in season four - nothing is changed in terms of the quality of the work that we're going to be doing and we've now been working towards," he said.

Spacey added that they already had inputs from Willimon, as discussions about the next chapter start very early on.

"Beau and I began these conversations, as we did every year, sort of about midway through the shooting of the previous seasons. So, much has been discussed, much has already been put on the table, lots of interesting ideas... we're excited now that the writing process is happening."

In another recent interview, Spacey revealed that he felt the show was actually less bizarre than the real life elections.

Speaking to The Guardian, Spacey said that the show "doesn't go far enough" when it comes to portraying the elections. The actor added that after a day of filming, he would wonder if they had really pushed it with the plot: I "will go to my hotel room and wonder 'have we gone too far ... have we crossed the Rubicon'" by creating "something unbelievable ... then I turn on the TV and watch the news ... then I think we haven't gone far enough."

Spacey, who has been critical of Donald Trump in the past, seems to poke fun at the candidates in the ongoing election race when comparing them with Frank Underwood.

"We just need to remember he's a fictional character and that some of the candidates running appear to be fictional too," he said.

The latest season was definitely inspired by the elections, revealing that "the parallel universe" was "always intended" and has "been very interesting for audiences everywhere but US audiences in particular."

Season 4 of House of Cards premiered on March 4.

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