Sebastian Stan, who stars as a younger Donald Trump within the 2024 biographical drama movie “The Apprentice,” thinks the president isn’t as huge of a hater towards the film as he claims to be.
“I would put money down he’s seen it 100 fucking times, of course, because he’s a narcissist,” mentioned the actor in a Vainness Truthful cowl story.
“And I bet you there’s certain things he likes about it.”
He continued, with a smile, “[Like] how he looked.”
Stan — who was nominated for each an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his efficiency within the movie — responded to Trump’s assaults on the film, which he described as “a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job” on his Fact Social platform lower than a month earlier than the election.
The Ali Abbasi-directed movie seems at Trump’s time as an actual property developer within the ’70s and ’80s, in addition to his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn (performed by Jeremy Sturdy, who additionally acquired an Oscar and Golden Globe nod).
Trump’s attorneys reportedly despatched a cease-and-desist letter to these behind the movie final yr, and a marketing campaign spokesperson threatened to sue over the movie regardless of no lawsuit being filed within the months since.
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Stan has beforehand indicated that he’s seen pushback from Hollywood over the film.
He instructed “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon in December that an unnamed studio government suggested him towards the function, which impressed him extra to finally take the half.
Following the election, Stan additionally revealed that he was invited to be a part of Selection’s “Actors on Actors,” a video sequence that sees Hollywood stars interviewing each other.
However different actors, he mentioned, have been “too afraid” to debate Trump with him.
Stan’s “Captain America” co-star Chris Evans instructed Vainness Truthful that the actor taking over “The Apprentice” function didn’t shock him, noting that he has “always been really fearless.”
“You can see that in his choices. He takes big swings,” Evans confused.
“When that Trump movie was kicking around, I remember thinking, ‘I wonder who is going to take this job? It’s just got so many strings attached to it.’ And I was so unsurprised when I heard it was Sebastian.”
So far as whether or not Stan thought he’d face retribution from Trump forward of the Academy Awards in March, the actor instructed the outlet that he wasn’t making an attempt to sweat it until he received the Oscar, which he discovered to be a “0.0000%” likelihood.
