The final installment of the BAFTA BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series featured the screenwriter and playwright who brought audiences the political drama "The Ides of March" and the popular Netflix series "House of Cards." So, it came to a surprise to everyone that one of Beau Willimon's first admissions of the night was that he doesn't actually like politics. READ MORE: 'Why Pioneering British TV Writer Jimmy McGovern Thinks American Writers Are The Lucky Ones' Willimon candidly said, "politics was never like a 'thing' for me.