Michael Kelly recalls 'fricking brilliant' idea for scrapped Doug Stamper “House of Cards” spin-off

"They wanted to do it kind of like in a 'Better Call Saul' way," Kelly revealed.

House of Cards ended six years ago, but would it be too late to hop on a spin-off bandwagon?

On SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show with Julia Cunningham, Michael Kelly discussed the spin-off that almost was about his character, Chief of Staff/loyal lap dog/casual murderer Doug Stamper that was "brilliant" but never got off the runway.

"I had very real conversations with people about a spinoff that was actually fricking brilliant, and I would've loved to have done it before everything went away," Kelly said. "It was a brilliant, brilliant idea for one and it was just like, Oh my god,' and then it didn't happen."

Kelly's not sure if his character's death was the nail in the coffin for the series, but the spin-off didn't happen "for whatever reason."

"I would've loved it 'cause it was a really very, very clever way to spin the show off," Kelly continued. "They wanted to do it kind of like in a Better Call Saul way where it had a little bit of comedic, a little bit funnier beats. It was gonna start with me trying to kill myself, I think, if I remember correctly, in prison and the pipe breaks. And he goes back to his cell to find a new cellmate and he's like, 'Huh' ... it was really cool, It was really great idea."

Related: Robin Wright has one regret about the way House of Cards ended

If you recall, Stamper was killed at the hands of a pregnant but no less cold-blooded Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) in the series finale.

Of course, Stamper's death was the least of the House of Cards brand's worries, as the series filmed its sixth and last season without its star, Kevin Spacey, whose character Frank Underwood was killed off-screen (by Stamper) following sexual assault allegations against the actor.

When discussing his character's death, Kelly joked that all he was thinking at the time was, "Oh my god, Robin Wright's holding me." Which is fair. Speaking of, where are we on a Claire Underwood née Hale spin-off? That steely side bob belongs back on our televisions.

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