The characters in Zero Day characters are on different trajectories when it comes to saving the country in the Netflix political thriller series. The cast spoke to Blavity’s Shadow and Act about their characters, the larger implications of media consumption in the real world, and more in a recent interview as fans ponder on whether the show will get a second season. Joan Allen, who plays Sheila Mullen, a judge and wife of former President George Mullen (Robert De Niro), shared how the Zero Day attack shifts both Sheila and George’s lives. “At the start of the series, he’s been out of office for a few years, and so their life has become very quiet. They live upstate, he’s trying to write his memoir, they’re out of the political limelight,” she said. “Before the Zero Day incident happens, she’s on a trajectory to get appointed for a judgeship. So Zero Day happening changes the whole game for them.” Sheila’s role in protecting George Allen also described how Sheila does what she can to...