Lizzy Caplan talked with Studio 13 Live about starring in "Zero Day" with Robert De Niro. The American pro wasn't a Swiftie when they met, but he sure is now.

This interview contains spoilers from all six episodes of “Zero Day,” now streaming on Netflix. Lizzy Caplan always knew that her character, Congresswoman and former First Daughter Alexandra Mullen, was behind the catastrophic cyberattack that incited the existential and moral panic that runs through “Zero Day.

I loved those scenes,” Lizzy Caplan told DECIDER. “We knew from very early on that there was a rich history that we wanted to convey.” That history includes Alex’s deceased brother, Nick (Jackson Eick).

Lizzy Caplan's character has a complicated relationship with her estranged father, played by De Niro. It all added to the experience of working on the gripping new series, writes Esther McCarthy

For Lizzy Caplan, joining Netflix's "Zero Day" was an easy decision to make, citing Robert De Niro's involvement, as well as the "solid" credentials of co-creators Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael Schmidt.

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