Sebastian Stan is set to play a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a new film set to be directed by Ali Abbasi.
Deadline reports that Sebastian Stan has signed on to play Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a new film set to be directed by Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider).
The Apprentice will follow the future U.S. President from his twenties through his late thirties and will “examine his efforts to build his real estate business in New York over the course of the ’70s and ’80s, also digging into his relationship with infamous attorney Roy Cohn.” The outlet adds that the project is “billed as an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit. It’s a mentor-protege story that charts the origins of an American dynasty.” Succession‘s Jeremy Strong is onboard to star alongside Stan as Roy Cohn, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3‘s Maria Bakalova also signed on.
The project will be penned by Gabriel Sherman, whose book The Loudest Voice in the Room inspired the Showtime series starring Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes.
Sebastian Stan has played more than a few real-life figures throughout his career, including Tommy Lee in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy limited series, Jeff Gilooly in I, Tonya, and, most recently, Robinhood Markets CEO Vladimir Tenev in Dumb Money. The Craig Gillespie movie documented the GameStop saga and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year.
More to come…
