1 of 5 | Jeff Daniels star in "The Brink of War," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Angel Studios
NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Newsroom and American Rust alum Jeff Daniels says The Brink of War, his new Cold War-era nail-biter, which tells an extraordinary true story, has themes that resonate today.
"The world is still a dangerous place," Daniels, 71, told UPI in a Zoom interview Wednesday.
"There are nuclear weapons out there. More countries have them than had them, say, back in 1986. More countries want them and the world seems to be on a path towards setting up mutually assured destruction, again, whether you have star wars shields or not."
Written and directed by Michael Russell Gunn, the film follows U.S. President Ronald Reagan (Daniels) as he meets with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (Jared Harris) in Reykjavik to discuss nuclear arms de-escalation.
