Sebastian Stan To Play Donald Trump In Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice

Summary

• Sebastian Stan is set to portray a young Donald Trump in the film The Apprentice.
• The film will delve into Trump’s relationship with attorney Roy Cohn and chart the origins of a major American dynasty, presenting a mentor-protege story.
• The screenplay for The Apprentice is written by Gabriel Sherman, known for his novel and TV series “The Loudest Voice in the Room.”

Sebastian Stan is Donald Trump in the first set of images from the upcoming movie, The Apprentice. The Pam & Tommy star is set to portray the real estate mogul turned American President for Ali Abassi’s The Apprentice.The film also stars Jeremy Strong as attorney and Trump mentor Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova as Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump. According to Deadline, who first reported the casting news, Stan will star as a young Donald Trump as he endeavors to build his real estate business, and Page Six revealed the first images of Stan in character.

Check out what the original report had to say about the movie’s plot below.

“The Apprentice will examine Trump’s efforts to build his real estate business in New York in the ’70s and ’80s, also digging into his relationship with infamous attorney Roy Cohn. It’s a mentor-protege story that charts the origins of a major American dynasty.”

The film’s name references the NBC reality television series of the same name that Trump hosted and executive produced for fourteen seasons. He was fired by the network in 2015 following disparaging comments made about Mexican immigrants during his presidential run. Later that year, Trump, running as the Republican nominee, defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election.

Trump became well-known throughout the late 1970s and 1980s for his impact on New York real estate. Trump’s life during that time was previously explored through the 2020 docuseries Empires of New York, which chronicled how he, Ivan Boesky, Leona Helmsley, Rudy Giuliani, and John Gotti’s reshaped and contributed to the Big Apple.

Trump, one of the world’s most polarizing political figures, is currently standing trial in New York for fraud and gearing up for another election run.

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Abassi’s feature credits include the critically acclaimed horror flick Shelley and the Oscar-nominated Border. His most recent feature, 2022’s Holy Spider, which tells the story of a serial killer murdering prostitutes in an effort to cleanse the holy Iranian city of Mashhad, premiered at Cannes where it competed for the prestigious Palme d’Or. The film’s star, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, won the festival’s Best Actress award. Abassi most recently directed two episodes of HBO’s hit series The Last of Us.

Stan is best known for portraying Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award-nominated performance as musician Tommy Lee in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy. Stan’s other notable credits include I, Tonya, The Martian, Fresh, Logan Lucky, and this year’s Dumb Money.

Strong meanwhile is an Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayal of Kendall Roy in HBO’s Succession, and appearances in films including Parkland, Zero Dark Thirty, Selma, Molly’s Game, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Bakalova earned an Academy Award nomination for the mockumentary Borat Subsequent Movie. She is also known for roles in Transgression, Last Call, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and as the voice of Cosmo the Spacedog in the MCU’s The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

The Apprentice’s screenplay is scribed by author Gabriel Sherman, whose novel The Loudest Voice in the Room Showtimes’ series of the same name, where Russell Crowe starred as former chair and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations, and 20th Television Roger Ailes. The Apprentice is produced by Daniel Beckerman of Scythia Films, Jacob Jerek of Profile Pictures, and Ruth Treacy of Taylored Films. Grant Johnson, Gabriel Sherman, and Amy Baer executive produce.

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