While the NBC sitcom
Parks and Recreation filmed scenes in Washington D.C. last week, the Netflix movie
House of Cards recreated the nation’s capital right here in Baltimore, reports
the Washington Post.
House of Cards shot overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning at the Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Institute, which was “transformed into the fictitious ‘Hotel Cotesworth,’ a supposedly historic D.C. institution where the presidents have slept,”
writes the Post.
The political thriller has also used the offices of the Baltimore Sun as the set for the show’s fictional newspaper, the Washington Herald.
House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara and is directed by David Fincher, director of
Fight Club,
The Social Network and
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.