Robert De Niro is in Oval Office thanks to Netflix’s limited series’Zero day”
The actor and the manager produce stars as respected former president of the United States whose task is to reveal the terrorists who organized a cyber attack. Angela Bassett plays the current president, with Lizzy Caplan as De Niro’s daughter on the screen. Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Dan Stevens and Matthew Modine also play. Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg and McKinley Belcher III guest plays.
The Official synopsis Founds: “‘Zero Day’ is a limited series of Robert De Niro in the lead role as the respected US former President George Mullen, who, as head of the Zero Day Commission, is accused of finding the perpetrators of a devastating cyber attack that has caused chaos around land and thousands of deaths. When the disinformation thrives and the power brokers’ personal ambition in technology, Wall Street and government collide, forces Mullen’s steadfast search for the truth him to confront his own dark secrets while at the same time risking everything he has been dear. ”
The series is written and produced by co -creators Eric Newman (“Narcos”) and Noah Oppenheim (“The Thing About Pam”, “Jackie”), with “Mad Men” and “The Leftovers” veteran Lesli Linka Glads as executive producer and director for all six episodes. “Zero Day” is also created by Pulitzer Laureate Michael S. Schmidt, who also serves as a writer and executive producer. De Niro and Jonathan Glickman are also executive producers. The show was announced in 2023.
De Niro said under 2024 Tribeca Festival Lisbon That his first limited series was playing the lead role in three films back against back.
“Making a limited series is different. It’s a much longer time, five or six months, and it’s another rhythm, says De Niro. “Making a limited series is like making three feature films in a row.”
He added that he was grateful not to have “six different directors who have different ideas or different ways of working, so they must be guided into the core of the show”, as in other series, because Glads was the only filmmaker. De Niro added that collaboration with just one director “makes it easier.”
“Zero Day” premieres on February 20 on Netflix. Check out the trailer below.
