Dedicated enough that he would kill him. “For Doug, there is a certain sense of relief,” Kelly said. Then when you get in there, you realize there’s blood and the carpet and all these things. To just be able to go to sleep; to be done with it all. His wife Claire? This season had a well-timed release days ahead of the midterm elections. Kelly, who plays Doug Stamper (President Frank Underwood's White House chief of staff), told Gold Derby what he thought when he found out about what happened at the end of … I had them adjust it ever so slightly so that I could have it either be that I was talking to Frank, talking to myself or talking to Claire. And the end of House of Cards was going to have to fit into the beginning of that. Privacy Policy | California Privacy Rights | Doug set out this season to prove his worth to his fearless Frank Underwood, and we learned very early on that Frank values physical strength maybe much more than he does mental and emotional, and watching Doug fight to get back into his good graces was both endearing and heartbreaking. Michael Kelly speaks to The Hollywood Reporter about how the Netflix series ends for Doug Stamper and weighs in on the choice to have Kevin Spacey's character haunt the final season. He was strong, as he had been all his life, until his last breath, which was taken peac To preserve this, he will go to any lengths to serve and protect Frank. Then everything changed. Doug's sense of identity is dependent on his role as Frank Underwood's right-hand man. It’s such a cool moment, though, when he says that to her. In Season 3, Stamper had one of the longest, most painful, and (potentially) most realistic-looking recoveries I've ever experienced on television. Frank Underwood doesn't trust too many people in the world. Michael Kelly (as Doug Stamper) talks surprising fate of his character after Season 3 of "House of Cards" was released on Netflix. I’ve always been so grateful with everything they’ve written for that character and to do it in such an interesting way, I’m just grateful. There are many signs throughout the season that can be viewed with a renewed lens once you know Doug is the one who killed Frank. Frank was always campaigning when he was doing it. 11:45am PT I’m remembering filming that day and I’m not 100 percent certain, but I feel like at that point we decided that it was Doug. Is he just really gone now?” I wanted it to be interesting and something specific, because I always think those are the strongest choices. Do Not Sell My Personal Information Maybe Doug would have taken a bullet for him in the end anyway? President Claire Hale UnderwoodFact: Claire murdered the last guy she slept with. Oh, my God. Do you imagine she’ll work to expose Claire on behalf of "disposable girls" Rachel and Zoe Barnes, and all the other Underwood victims? ... Let’s talk about your death scene. Doug Stamper is the kind of guy Frank can trust. Sending the British HMS Devonshire into Chinese waters by the use of a stolen GPS encoder (thanks to Henry Gupta), a stealth ship (created by General Chang and commandeered by Captain Scott and his crew) creates tension when Stamper gets Timblinto use the Sea-Vac drill to attack the ship, just as Scott fires a missile at one of the Chinest MIGs to frame them for the attack. Douglas "Doug" Stamper was President Frank Underwood's White House Chief of Staff and former director of strategy. "Doug's whole season is dedicated to protecting this man’s legacy and trying to clear his name. I’ve always been able to wrap my head around everything and I just couldn’t wrap my head around that one, so I talked to them about my idea. Michael Kelly’s Doug Stamper was the steel-strong thread of integrity through six seasons of House of Cards.While the show’s leads Frank … 6.]. “There’s that finality to it for me as an actor to completely close that chapter of my life,” Kelly says. For each of the three characters, the way in which they do their direct addresses are different. Is he talking to himself? I think they were both equally awful and equally monstrous. Was Spacey’s departure a blessing in disguise for the story that ended up being told? Though Doug's death definitively closes Kelly's run on House of Cards, the open-ended finale left much to be desired after the screen faded to black for the last time. Frank throws Doug under the bus for that time the former donned a fedora to murder Zoe Barnes. If you think about that beautifully written line where Doug says, “I had to protect the legacy from the man,” it shows just how dedicated this guy was to that man. It’s funny because the day before, I thought we might finish early. Like when Doug told Claire (in the fifth episode), “Whoever killed him will get what she, or he, deserves." Since you had seen some of the original scripts and filmed some episodes, how was Doug Stamper going to factor into that story? So they said we had to finish it. And I looked at speaking to the audience in the same way. AdChoices | But his life was Frank and his life was work. and one brother Mike. And both were OK with him, I think. The actor dives into Doug Stamper's pivotal final scenes on the political drama and revisits his memories of filming the series finale. All rights reserved. I'll set the scene for you, shall I? It was, "Thank you." We didn't lose Doug in all his soft-voiced, menacing, and eerily devoted-to-Frank glory. Season 3 showed a new kind of Doug, one who's probably much more terrifying than the Doug Stamper we saw in earlier seasons. House of Cards is set in a political world, but this is a show that’s about power and I think we showed this year, more than ever, what abuse of power looks like. I think it’s going to make many people think, "Be careful." Though Season 2 might've left a question mark on Doug's fate, Season 3 solidified it: where Frank is, Doug is somewhere close by, plotting and lurking in the shadows. The biggest cliffhanger-threat is journalist Janine Skorsky (Constance Zimmer). Once she turns the letter opener on him, he doesn’t fight. Stamper is the mole? With his secrets, with his problems, and with his life. Loyal. The Shakespearean series finale saw House of Cards leaning into the tone and rules that were set forth by Beau Willimon when he created the Spacey-starring drama back in 2013. And that was so much fun to play with her. If you think back to the beginning of the season, here is a guy whose whole life has been that. As Doug explains it, “I had to protect the legacy from the man.” The idea here throughout the season is that Doug Stamper is obsessed with protecting Frank’s reputation above all else. He went to draw blood on her and once he did that and looked down and saw the belly and pictured the child, he saw that Frank is in there. Crying and then going back to not crying. I had to make it mine. There are a lot of people who say that Claire made Francis, and there are people who say that Francis made Claire who she is and that she became the bigger monster later. Think before you make a decision, because these are big decisions. The series ended with the last living man who knew all of the Underwood secrets bleeding out on the Oval Office carpet and dying in Claire's arms. And to have everything unravel. What were some of those questions you had when they told you? Is Janine going to avenge Tom Hammerschmidt's death and do what she’s been wanting to do for the last six seasons and expose the Underwoods? Don't we all need a Doug Stamper in our lives? We’ve never seen anything like this in real-life politics. Congressman Cole proudly showcases Doug Stamper as part of his team, and Claire proposes to give Cole the vice presidency for 2020 and the presidency in 2024. After Spacey was fired over sexual assault allegations last fall, co-showrunners Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson reworked the final eight episodes to chart Claire's ascension as the first female president while she literally and metaphorically stuck her middle finger up to the political patriarchy. With the big Season 2 cliffhanger fans were left wondering, is Doug Stamper dead on House of Cards? His whole season is dedicated to protecting this man’s legacy and trying to clear his name. So I don’t know. There was Doug at the end of Season 2, left with a possibly fatal head injury in the middle of a forest by Rachel Posner. The energy it took for the two of us to get through that at the end of the 14 hours, when I put my head in her lap, I could have very easily fallen asleep. An example of this is when he offered to give up his liver for a … In the Oval Office, we see a pregnant Claire waiting to receive Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly), who was the former White House Chief of Staff - and Frank's right-hand man - during Frank's presidency. Jackie Strause, [This story contains major spoilers from the entire sixth and final season of Netflix's House of Cards.]. How did that feel and who were you talking to? I was really excited about it because I was going to get to executive produce and direct. Then at the end, he’s willing to settle for her just saying it out loud, that she’s nothing without him. He was the good son, an unfailing loyalist to the Underwood regime. As Doug Stamper in House of Cards, Michael Kelly expertly ranges from silently smoldering to outright psycho. I never saw it. And she won’t. While the big finale twist is proving polarizing, Kelly stands by Doug’s death. It does feel that even if all the other characters moved on, Doug would never. And when both of those were gone, it was, to me, this beautiful moment. At what point during filming was it decided? It's OK, everyone, he's not dead. As always, on House of Cards, whatever they give me, I’m grateful. That's what you get for always looking like you're about three seconds away from killing everyone.). As a fan of this show, I like Claire winning, but as a person and seeing real-life politics today, I want journalism to win. There’s no more demons to battle. Douglas "Doug" Stamper was President Frank Underwood's White House Chief of Staff and former director of strategy. I prefer watching this showdown between Doug and Claire. Mr. Blumenthal was discussed at length during the Benghazi hearings as his emails to Hillary’s private email server exposed unusual and close communications during her time as Secretary of State. He was appointed to serve as White House Chief of Staff after Underwood's inauguration as President in early 2017, and continued to do so up until late 2018, when Stamper … Merciless. At the White House, Frank issues a firm statement in support of America Works on the anniversary of the New Deal. Doug Stamper later met up with Rachel, and gave her $10,000 cash to keep quiet about Russo. It’s so funny — my sister called after she had seen the season and said, “Oh, my God, are they going to do the demon seed spinoff? Frank and Doug have been feeding him information via birthday cards, and he's persistently digging into the death of his former co-worker Zoe Barnes. He was done and he knew he wasn’t going to get what he wanted in the end. He went to college at Coastal Carolina … Non è figlio della tenebra, perché quello è Frank. They really wanted to do it and said it was important, that it’s a sign of everything being turned on its head, so I had to wrap my head around it. Will Claire, who is still very alive and very pregnant with Frank's baby, get away with yet another murder? On our “means, motive, and opportunity” checklist, Claire scores a hat trick.Jane DavisCould’ve done it on Claire’s behalf. Michael Kelly, Actor: Dawn of the Dead. Casually mentioned to Claire, ju… It also lent a little bit to Doug losing his mind in the end. She was putting Doug out of his misery, circling back to the Frank-dog moment that opened the series. He's devoted. The writers decided to kill Frank offscreen and, in a clip meant to fill viewers in before watching the season, it's revealed that Claire had her ex-president husband disgracefully buried next to his father in Gaffney, instead of Arlington. So I think for him, it was this beautiful moment of resolve and release of the demons. !” And then it did make sense. Major Character Death; Rachel Posner/Doug Stamper; Edward Meechum/Doug Stamper; LeAnn Harvey/Doug Stamper; Doug Stamper/Claire Underwood; Doug Stamper/Francis Underwood (implied) Doug Stamper; Angst; Masturbation; Regret; Dissociation; Summary "He deserved this. Gavin and Doug meet, Gavin having located Rachel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. By Maggie Lang e. … When the writers approached me with it, I was like, "Oh, that’s good." He said, “Here’s a list of everyone who is going to kill you and who wants you dead, just say it. House of Cards' lead power couple, Frank and Claire Underwood, racked up a sizeable body count over the show's six seasons, and here's the rundown.While House of Cards might be better known at this point for the rather unceremonious way it went out, thanks to the scandal involving original star Kevin Spacey, the show still remains a landmark in streaming TV history. In Season 3 it is revealed that Stamper survived the attack, but suffered brain … It’s not something Doug would do. To Doug, that is the first in a series of missteps taken by Claire, a woman who is dead-set on ruining the man Doug would die for and the legacy they had built. “Oh, God, no!” I compare it to how people, all throughout the seasons, have asked me if Doug Stamper was going to be president one day. He always has to have something to obsess about and pour 1,000 percent of his body into. I don’t think there’s any coincidence about that. That’s the part that I would like to think happens. He would not be very good in front of an audience. No!” And then it was explained to me, which is so often the case with these guys. It’s interesting. The writers, they shock us every year, so I don’t know if that’s how the whole season would have played out, but at least in the beginning, that’s how it was going to happen. Did Doug heed her words ("There. ... Tim’s death is enough to throw him for a loop, but not one he can’t maneuver out of. The House of Cards fixer played by Michael Kelly was so loyal, in fact, that the Netflix political saga ended its sixth and final season with Doug revealing to Robin Wright's POTUS that he was the one who murdered Frank (Kevin Spacey) in order to protect the "legacy from the man." More importantly, there’s the matter of Rachel Posner, who beat Doug Stamper to death with a rock in this episode, then sped off, finally free, in his car. WARNING: Major spoilers for House of Cards season 6. Doug Stamper (42) Francis Underwood (33) Edward Meechum (18) Claire Underwood (14) Seth Grayson (13) Rachel Posner (5) Remy Danton (3) Garrett Walker (2) Sam Winchester (1) Dean Winchester (1) Include Relationships Edward Meechum/Francis Underwood (12) Doug Stamper/Francis Underwood (11) Seth Grayson/Doug Stamper (6) Rachel Posner/Doug Stamper (5) Is Janine going to have time to get that story out before she’s taken care of? His entire adult professional relationship has been with this man and who he’s worked side-by-side with for over a decade, maybe close to two the way we have it in our backstory. There will be no Doug reboot now. The obvious Doug Stamper match for the Clintons would be Sidney Blumenthal, a former assistant and senior adviser to President Clinton. Even when I say, “I’m coming to get ya, Claire,” I’m saying that to myself in the mirror as I’m shaving, if I’m not mistaken. Stamper was born in Naperville, Illinois. At the core of the final season of House of Cards is a death. But after talking to Frank and Melissa, I realized that not only does it make sense, but it’s beautiful. What did you think of how the show handled Frank’s death? Everything was gone. The end of the second season finds Stamper presumably dead in the woods, Rachel having bashed him repeatedly in the head with a brick. It can be assumed that Stamper was planning to murder Rachel, concerned that she would speak up about her role in Underwood's murder of Peter Russo. Doug Stamper—has become the best thing about House of Cards . I don’t know. He walked into the Oval and that final showdown wanting the pardon for Frank. All rights reserved. And how do you imagine motherhood — and especially being the mother of a girl — would impact her in life after House of Cards? Taking it on. How many takes did you do in 14 hours of filming — with Robin Wright directing? 1 Biography 1.1 Season 1 1.2 Season 2 1.3 Season 3 2 Behind the Scenes 2.1 Appearances Rachel is from just outside Lynchburg, Virginia. When it comes to romance, Doug found comfort once again in the arms of his Season 4 ladyfriend, Laura Moretti (played by Wendy Moniz), aka the wife of the man that Doug let die … At the beginning of the season, you really find a man who is so incredibly lost. Michael was born in Philadelphia but raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia by parents Michael and Maureen Kelly. Doug Stamper is a terrible character. It’s crazy, but it makes total sense. Robin, the writers and myself, we were all collaborating. That was it. James Gibson said it was a sign that the House of Card rules were imploding. Claire makes a deal with Petrov, including that the Russian government takes the blame for Tom Yates' death. His family later moved to Columbus, Ohio. Unlike his brother, he never saw the appeal of settling down with a wife and children, and moved to Washington, D.C. to further his career. In the series finale, it's revealed that Doug actually killed Frank, as Frank was about to kill Claire in a fit of rage, and Doug didn't want his legacy ruined. A native of Montgomery County, he was the son Betty Barnes McGee, of Jeffersonville and the late Glenn Stamper. Stamper, still obsessed with Rachel, rendezvouses with his physical therapist, who soon leaves town. I remember thinking back, because we were always talking through how the show was going to end, and there was a version in my head where I said this was a great opportunity for us to say that journalism wins: Give Janine and Hammer everything and let Claire only think she’s won at the end. Robin always says, "I wish I had more coverage" (laughs) — she’s a great director in the way a great director can never get enough coverage. Doug Stamper, who works for Frank Underwood, then meets up with Rachel Posner and gives her $10,000 to keep quiet about what happened with Peter Russo. And frankly, that should terrify you. He just turned it over. There’s a million things that go through your head and it was difficult. "-Doug dies, Francis’ reputation is in tatters, and Claire remains in the White House, still pregnant, as the season, and the series of House of Cards itself, fades to black. I think she knew pretty soon thereafter it happened. Season 3 showed a new kind of Doug, one who's probably much more terrifying than the Doug Stamper we saw in earlier seasons. During this encounter he pays Rachel separately for her to sleep with him.Later, Doug and Rachel met again. Here's who really killed Frank Underwood in House of Cards.Kevin Spacey's character is dead. Maybe you could do a Frances, with an “e,” spinoff [the name Doug suggested to Claire for her and Frank's baby]. But no matter which way she twisted or turned, her dead husband very deliberately haunted her until the bitter end — much like Spacey's departure cast a shadow over the final season of Netflix's first original series. A flicker of hesitancy flashes across Doug’s face though he eventually assents. We may have even decided that day. Truth be told, that’s why Doug didn’t follow through with killing Claire. Bringing Frank Underwood to power and solidifying his legacy was Doug's life mission, … He was the husband of Kathy Terry Stamper, the father of one child Jeff and the grandfather of two children. Definitely. Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson made a deliberate choice to have Frank haunt the final season. But Season 3 includes a very-much alive Stamper. And now that is gone. Obviously, his death complicates that, but did the idea break down as the writers were finding the end to this story? So the way we shot it, we had to break it up and that's what took so long. Doug Stamper, tutto per il presidente (stagione 4) Claire Underwood, spettri del passato (stagione 2) Claire Underwood, ruolo della moglie (stagione 1) Doug, gestire le conseguenze (stagione 5) Michael, molti, “nessuno” e verità (stagione 5) He retired from American Can Co. in Austin, In, and was owner and operator of Stamper Accounting and Tax Co. in Austin. Exactly! Of course I’ve read some of the reactions on social media and some people are really upset that he’s no longer on the show and they don’t care what happened in real life, or they are able to remove themselves from the reality of what happened. November 07, 2018 Doug Stamper found him with almost zero effort. Before Kevin Spacey was fired and the show had to be reworked, the initial plan was for the final season showdown to be between Claire Hale (formerly, Underwood) and Frank Underwood. At the very, very end, the two of us were on literal fumes because it’s such a highly charged, emotional scene and we were doing it all day. I think that’s to be forever debated. I can’t imagine Doug Stamper’s part would have been this big had that not happened, but I would never in a million years wish harm or ill will upon anyone to greater or further myself as an actor. Just give me the pardon for him.” And she said no. Has access to poison. Doug drove Rachel into the woods in his car without saying anything, so she tried to flee; she hit him in the head with a rock and tried to flee in his car. I didn’t get to read a lot of it, but I do know that the two of us [Doug and Frank] were going to go in the direction of the private sector [that had been set up by the season five finale]. At first it was more of a, “Wait, what? Why did Claire let Janine live, and do you have faith that Janine will write Doug's story? He was never going to get another job in D.C., so that’s gone from his life. To Doug, that is the first in a series of missteps taken by Claire, a woman who is dead-set on ruining the man Doug would die for and the legacy they had built. Sitemap | Peter Russo hired Rachel for a night in early January 2013, where he was arrested for DUI with her in the passenger seat. | Cookie Settings. Can you imagine this guy on the campaign trail? I think a lot of the audience will wonder, is Janine going to get Claire? He then tracked down Rachel and started stocking up his unmarked van with rope, bleach, a shovel — you know, typical murder supplies. She was also a recurring character in the first, second, and third seasons of House of Cards. The man behind Douglas Stamper discusses death fake-outs, what makes a show binge-worthy, and spotting Stampers in real life. Biography. 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