"I love a political thriller. I really love being in New York," she added. "So it was as close to a no brainer as you can get." Caplan portrays George Mullen's (De Niro) daughter, Alexandra, who is a young New York congresswoman working hard to distance herself from her father's political legacy and establish herself in her own right.

Robert De Niro stars in another series that shoulda been a movie, as a former president called back into action to investigate a cyber attack.