11 TV Characters Punished By Death For Their Actor’s Behaviour

2. Frank Underwood - House Of Cards

House of Cards Frank Underwood
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Back in October 2017, Kevin Spacey was accused by actor Anthony Rapp of making a sexual advance toward him when Rapp was 14, which then led to numerous other men coming forward with similar allegations of sexual abuse or harassment.

This not only caused Ridley Scott to replace him in all of his scenes in All The Money In The World with Christopher Plummer, but Netflix completely severed ties with the actor, shelving his film Gore and removing him from House of Cards Season 6, with production halted until they figured out a way to move forward without him.

There was a lot of speculation as to how they'd address his departure, before the Season 6 trailers confirmed that he was dead. Season 6 itself then focuses a lot on what happened to Frank, turning it into a running mystery that wouldn't be solved until the series finale, where it was revealed that he'd been killed by none other than his loyal aide Doug Stamper, who'd given him a fatal overdose of his medication.

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