The brand new Netflix restricted sequence Zero Day sees a cyberattack shut down the world, with the forces behind the assault threatening to do it once more. With an all-star forged, the political thriller has a few of our favourite stars going head-to-head with one another. Collider was fortunate sufficient to attend the red-carpet premiere for Zero Day in New York Metropolis with lots of the forged in attendance. We caught up with Dan Stevens who was amazed by the star energy within the present, lots of whom he was assembly for the primary time.

Stevens performs Evan Inexperienced, a information persona whose inspiration might really feel acquainted to some faces we consistently see on tv in the present day. However he revealed on the carpet that his scenes have been principally between himself, McKinley Belcher III, and Robert de Niro. De Niro performs George Mullen, head of the Zero Day Fee as appointed by Angela Bassett‘s President Evelyn Mitchell. When speaking with Stevens, he shared a glimpse into his first scenes with de Niro and the way he did not count on his first time working with the legendary actor to be whereas he was in little greater than a pair of underwear.

“It was sort of the proper first encounter for me when it comes to performing a scene. Though I by no means fairly pictured I would be in my underpants for it,” Stevens stated of working with de Niro for the primary time. He went on to explain his time with de Niro on the present, saying:

“I used to be simply thrown right into a jail cell, and he obtained to sort of loom over me and be extremely intimidating. After which the following scenes I had with him have been additionally very, very intense scenes and simply wanting up from what was occurring and seeing this type of scowling, de Niro on the different finish of the desk was, it was sort of dream stuff actually. It was superior.”

A Nice Begin to Dan Stevens’ 2025 After a Stellar 2024

2024 was full of bizarre Stevens characters. From Trapper in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to his function as Frank in Abigail and rounding off 2024 with Herr König in Cuckoo, he had fairly the yr as an actor. Beginning the yr starring reverse de Niro in Zero Day is a good kick-off to 2025. On the crimson carpet, he additionally spoke about how excited he was to be close to Matthew Modine, who additionally stars in Zero Day, nevertheless, the 2 didn’t share scenes whereas filming.

Stevens’ pleasure for Zero Day ought to have everybody excited to observe him meet de Niro in his underwear. Keep tuned at Collider for extra.