The trailer – entirely focused on a formidable woman who refuses to be silenced or broken by the actions of powerful men – feels like a thinly veiled message to those who have been named and shamed in the #MeToo movement.

One such person, of course, is Spacey himself, who was fired from the political drama last year following a string of sexual assault allegations.

Wright, who has been left to lead the show in her former co-star’s absence, has since said she didn’t feel she was in a position to argue for or against Spacey being given a career reprieve. However, she said she wasn’t opposed to the idea of second chances in general.

“I don’t know how to comment on that, I really don’t,” Wright said, when asked whether she thinks Spacey will ever deserve a comeback.

“I believe every human being has the ability to reform. Has the ability to reform.

“In that sense, second chances, or whatever you are going to call it – absolutely, I believe in that. It’s called growth.”

House of Cards will return to Netflix on 2 November.

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House of Cards trailer vows that “the reign of the middle-aged white man is over”