As the filming for season 3 of House of Cards has begun, the spoilers for the next chapter have begun to surface. Recent reports suggest that this time around the Netflix series isn't planned the way the first two seasons were.

According to sources the third season is going to be executed in a more spontaneous manner without too much preplanning and this might give rise to unexpected twists and turns, making it more exciting for viewers.

But despite the reports it seems like even the first two seasons weren't as meticulously planned. In recent interviews showrunner Beau Willimon revealed that a lot of character arcs were changed as they went along. Willimon revealed that they didn't take the initially planned route with the characters of Rachel (Rachel Posner) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). Rachel's changed character arc also influenced Doug Stamper's.

Willimon spoke about Rachel in an interview with Variety. "That was a complete unexpected discovery, which was a byproduct of what we did with Corey's character in the first season," he said. "When we decided to have Peter Russo run for governor, we needed his downfall to be much more grand than we had originally planned. It was always in the works that Peter Russo would meet his demise, but when he became that much closer to Francis and the stakes were much higher, we really needed to be smart about making his downfall believable and tragic. One of the ways I thought of doing that was to bring back a character we had seen early on, Rachel."

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In another interview Willimon revealed that Claire's part intially defined her as "arm candy." But they worked on the character.

The third season of House of Cards will film in Maryland, where the first and second seasons were also shot. Initially, the continuation of filming of the third season of the Netflix series was fraught with troubles over the past few weeks as the producers weren't getting permission from the State of Maryland. But the issue was finally resolved on April 25.

Watch an interview with Willimon here:

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