De Niro plays a former president in the upcoming Netflix limited series.
De Niro serves as the star (and an executive producer) of Netflix’s upcoming limited seriesZero Day.
And it’s Newman who first mentioned the idea for the show to De Niro over dinner.
Robert De Niro in ‘Zero Day’.Courtesy of Netflix ©2024
“He loved it, and from that point forward he became our partner.
We wrote it for him, and he was involved every step of the way.”
“For us, the show is very much about our country and our worlds relationship with the truth.
Director Lesli Linka Glatter, executive producer Eric Newman, Connie Britton and Robert De Niro behind the scenes of ‘Zero Day’.Netflix ©2023
Having a protagonist who questions everything hes seeing seemed very on theme,” Newman says.
The origin of the story actually ties a bit into real life.
And this predated any similar questions being raised about President Bidens condition.
Subsequently, I met up with my friend Eric for a drink."
And I understood the stakes of this story immediately."
