Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen & Connie Britton Join Robert De Niro In ‘Zero Day’ Netflix Series
deadline.comLizzy Caplan (Fleishman Is in Trouble and Fatal Attraction), Jesse Plemons (Power of The Dog, Fargo), Joan Allen (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Contender) and Connie Britton (White Lotus, Friday Night Lights) have been tapped for main roles opposite Robert De Niro in Netflix’s conspiracy thriller limited series Zero Day.
Caplan plays Alexandra Mullen, a young Congresswoman who has sought to distance herself from her father’s political legacy. Plemons is Roger Carlson: Former Mullen “body man” seeking a return to the national stage alongside Mullen.
Allen portrays Sheila Mullen: Former First Lady and nominee to the federal bench whose professional ambitions take a backseat to her husband’s political career.
Britton plays Valerie Whitesell: A savvy, intelligent political operative who was Mullen’s former Chief of Staff. De Niro executive produces and 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.
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