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Sebastian Stan recently revealed that people initially advised him against the opportunity of portraying controversial former US president Donald Trump in the upcoming Ali Abbasi biographical drama film The Apprentice. Stan also recalled his first reaction when he landed the part, and the film writer shared that he found those warnings and concern about the role oddly ‘motivating.’ Read on further to know more details!
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Sebastian Stan opened up about his experience playing Donald Trump in The Apprentice. During his candid chat with the publication, Stan also recalled how people initially tried to persuade him not to play this controversial figure in the movie.
According to the film’s official synopsis, The Apprentice follows a young Donald Trump, eager to establish himself as the ambitious second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, who comes under the “spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today.”
When Stan initially offered the role, he struggled to envision himself portraying a young Trump, saying, “It’s funny, I felt similarly about a few things I’ve worked on,” adding, “My initial reaction is, ‘Wow, how the hell am I going to do this?'”
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The Gossip Girl actor added that people suggested him against taking the role, pointing out that he didn’t resemble Trump, noting, “I had people tell me that it’s not safe for me to do it; I had people say that I shouldn’t try to alienate half the country.”
The film’s writer, Gabriel Sherman, told the publication that other actors had already turned down the role, feeling “too scared” to take on the challenge. However, Stan found the fear “weirdly motivating.”
Sebastian Stan’s co-star Jeremy Strong, who is depicting Roy Cohn in the project, told the outlet, “This is a movie about two human beings, not about two villains or monsters. I don’t think the movie attempts to vilify these people. I think it attempts to understand where they came from and how they became who they are.”
Stan added that in some ways, the plot felt like a “love story,” revealing that one of his favorite moments from the beginning was when Strong remarked, “I’m playing a guy named Roy, and you’re playing a guy named Donald.”
The actor further expressed, “Hopefully, this movie leads people towards a reconnection with their own humanity.”
Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice will be released in theaters on October 11, 2024.
Sydney Sweeney has revealed how the paparazzi have begun intruding into her life far too much. It was during a family visit to her new house in Florida when the photographers who visited her new home demanded Sweeney to come out wearing a bikini while yelling at her family.
In an interview with Glamour, the Anyone But You actress spoke about the disturbing incident where the paparazzi were trying to convince her to wear a bikini in exchange for leaving her family alone. Sweeney expressed annoyance that there were rumors she had made a call for the paparazzi herself.
Sweeney told the outlet, “They said, ‘If you tell her to just come outside in a bikini, I’ll take pictures and then I’ll leave you alone.'” The 27-year-old actress expressed safety concerns regarding her privacy being constantly breached. She went into detail to narrate how extreme the situation has gotten, with some paparazzi staying in kayaks outside her house.
The photos taken at that point bred other safety concerns, in the sense that her house is no longer secure. She said, “When those photos go out, then my actual safety is at risk.”
For instance, she recalled hearing people shouting from boats, ‘This is Sydney Sweeney’s house,’ which made the area where her house was situated a stopover for those touring celebrity houses.
The Euphoria star further expressed frustration over social media users accusing her of calling the paps at her own home. She said, “Why would I call the paparazzi to take pictures of me at my own house when my baby cousins and family are there and I’m in my backyard? Why would I ever want that?”
Sweeney, being an extremely private person, said she only has a handful of childhood friends and no industry contacts as such.
Meanwhile, looking back at her hardships, Sydney Sweeney shared all that she went through to make it in Hollywood. She spoke about the tough times when she was bullied at school, her parents getting into debt for her auditions, and their divorce later on. She is passionate about encouraging other people to be confident in their bodies and even joked about her grandparents saying that she has the ‘best’ breasts in Hollywood.
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