New House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is now the number two man in the U.S. House of Representatives. But before he moved up the ranks, he served as the House majority whip and the inspiration for parts of Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood character on Netflix’s “House of Cards.”
In an interview with People magazine, McCarthy said Spacey took some of his lines for the show.
Spacey had shadowed McCarthy on the Hill and the actor asked him, “How much do you twist arms?”
“I told him I say to members, ‘You vote your district, you vote your conscience, you just don’t surprise me.’ And he stole that line for the show,” McCarthy said.
Watch the clip below to see Spacey deliver the line:
