The iconic film actor plays a former U.S. president put in an impossible position in the Netflix political thriller.

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.

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.

Angela Bassett, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons and Lizzy Caplan co-star in a series about politicians trying to find answers after a deadly cyberattack.

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The six-part series aims to be a gripping political thriller but instead ends up as a sluggish, unfocused drama that fails to justify its star-studded cast.

Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Robert De Niro attended the New York premiere of his first television series Tuesday. In Netflix's Zero Day, which debuts Thursday, De Niro portrays the fictional former president George Mullen, who is picking up the pieces after a brutal cyber attack that killed thousands.

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.

Netflix's new thriller, Zero Day, boasts an A-list cast headed by Robert De Niro and receives mixed reactions from fans as it is seemingly unable to provide a gripping narrative, according to some. Meanwhile,