The cast of Netflix’s limited series Zero Day is filling out, with Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons (Power of the Dog) and Emmy Award nominee Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) joining the cast. Three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen (The Contender, The Crucible, Nixon) and five-time Emmy Award nominee Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, The White Lotus) have also just committed to star in the conspiracy thriller created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt.
Netflix previously announced two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, The Godfather Part II) is making his television series starring debut with Zero Day.
The six-episode limited series will be executive produced by Robert De Niro, Eric Newman (for Grand Electric), Noah Oppenheim, Michael S. Schmidt, and Panoramic Media’s Jonathan Glickman. Homeland and Mad Men‘s Lesli Linka Glatter is directing all six episodes and will also be involved as an executive producer. Newman and Oppenheim are writing the limited series.
Netflix released the following descriptions of the series and its key characters:
Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?
- Lizzy Caplan is Alexandra Mullen: A young Congresswoman who has sought to distance herself from her father’s political legacy.
- Jesse Plemons is Roger Carlson: Former Mullen “body man” seeking a return to the national stage alongside Mullen.
- Joan Allen is Sheila Mullen: Former First Lady and nominee to the federal bench whose professional ambitions take a backseat to her husband’s political career.
- Connie Britton is Valerie Whitesell: A savvy, intelligent political operative who was Mullen’s former Chief of Staff.
- Robert De Niro leads the cast as George Mullen: A massively popular but complicated former American President who is pulled from retirement to head a commission tasked with investigating a devastating global cyber-attack.
