House of Cards star Michael Kelly stars in a new shoot for Interview magazine. The 47 year-old actor links up with photographer Anthony Blasko and stylist Marina Muñoz for the feature. Kelly dishes on his new projects, Everest and Secret in Their Eyes. The later movie came about as a result of Kelly playing Doug Stamper on House of Cards. Kelly explains, “My agent called and said, ‘There’s this really cool film, it’s got a great cast and the director wants to have a conversation about.’ I said great! So Billy Ray sent me the script, I read it, and we talked for 30 to 40 minutes. He said, ‘My wife and I are such great fans of the show, when I was writing this character I really saw you playing it…If you have any questions call me, but we’ll be talking again. Got to go.'”
“I called my manager and he was asking how did it go, and I said it went great. He asked, ‘Did he offer it to you?’ and I said, ‘No…he said we’d talk again.’ [laughs] We had another conversation, and it went really well again. Then casting called and said, ‘Billy really likes Michael, but there are some names that are coming in that really want to play the role and it would be great ammunition to get you on tape for it.’ I never mind going on tape at all. It’s almost better for me, because then I know what I did is what they want. So I did end up putting it on tape and then I got the offer.” Read more at InterviewMagazine.com.
