De Niro stars as former President George Mullen, to whom Bassett’s President Evelyn Mitchell gives unprecedented — and arguably unconstitutional — power to arrest without warrants as the head of a special task force formed after a nationwide cyberattack kills thousands.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro stars in Netflix's "Zero Day," a political thriller with a packed cast that includes fellow Academy Award Winner, Angela Bassett.

Zero Day executive producer Eric Newman interviews star Robert De Niro for The Hollywood Reporter about the limited series. De Niro reveals what attracted him to this role, how the plot of the show mirrored real-life political events and more.