Robert De Niro appeared on The Late Present to advertise his new Netflix collection Zero Day, on which the actor performs a former U.S. president. Throughout the dialog, host Stephen Colbert requested if De Niro has any heroes.
“Effectively, [Marlon] Brando, I knew him a bit of bit and did a film with him,” De Niro stated. “As younger actors all of us regarded as much as him. He was a really good, fascinating man. Appreciated to speak so much about fascinating issues.”
When pressed to call extra of his heroes, De Niro acknowledged, “[Nelson] Mandela was a hero to me. I do consider the Capitol Police, the fellows within the Capitol Police. The Metropolitan Police.” He talked about Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn, and “everyone else who was concerned and affected and damage by that” in reference to the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Colbert replied, “Are you able to think about being Capitol Police now and watching these individuals march previous you who wish to deny that you just served them that day?” “Yeah,” De Niro replied. “It’s one thing.”
De Niro additionally spoke about Zero Day, his first time doing a TV restricted collection. “It’s like doing three options back-to-back,” the actor defined. “It’s lots of work, however it was well-written and I needed to do one thing in New York for 5 – 6 months… It’s a political thriller.”
In Zero Day, De Niro performs former president George Mullen who is named again to responsibility after a large cyber assault on the nation. The collection, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, includes a stacked solid that features Jesse Plemmons as Mullen’s former aide-turned-fixer, Roger Carlson, and Lizzy Caplan as Alexandra Mullen — daughter of the previous president, now a congressional consultant attempting to chart her personal political future. Joan Allen performs Mullen’s spouse, Sheila, who’s been nominated to be a federal choose; Connie Britton performs Valerie Whitesell, Mullen’s former chief of workers; and Matthew Modine performs Richard Dreyer, the present speaker of the home.
