Robin Wright: Plastic Surgery Aversion Almost Cost Her the Role On House of Cards; Robin Wright Almost Turned Down the Role of Claire Underwood

Robin Wright almost turned down the role of Claire Underwood on the Netflix Washington DC-based political drama hit series "House of Cards" when she was told she had to have plastic surgery.  

In an interview with Town and Country magazine, the actress who played Princess Buttercup in "The Princess Bride" said she almost balked on the role. Wright says her aversion to going under the knife was a potential deal killer when executive producer David Fincher pitched the role to her several years ago. 

Speaking to Town & Country, Robin Wright admitted that she almost said no to House of Cards, "Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity. So I opted not to work if there wasn't enough to do in a role, which doesn't have to do with the role's size."

The actress tells Town & Country for its June/July cover story. "I was sitting there going, 'You're 45, and you're not gonna get a face-lift.' I was really considering that stuff, because in Hollywood the pressure's there. You better lift that face and pump those lips and hike those boobs! And I was like, 'I don't want to do that. I'm going to get older. I'm going to have wrinkles!' "

The 48-year-old former wife of Sean Penn is dazzling without help on the June/ July cover of Town & Country magazine. She continued "In a sense it hurts, because you're like, 'I want to play too! I just don't want to play that way.' I'm not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don't sell tickets. I've known that for a long time."

In a new interview with Town & Country, Wright says David Fincher, executive producer of "House of Cards," who tapped her for the role of Claire Underwood three years ago to tackle the role of ruthless politician's wife. "David assured me that this would be a collaboration, that I could help create the character as we went along, that we would make discoveries together."

Wright says "If there's nothing for me to do as an actress, that's frustrating. I'd rather go work at a menial labor job, where I can actually get my hands dirty."