Sebastian Stan was the spitting image of a young Donald Trump in a first look image of his new movie The Apprentice.
The actor, 41, plays the president of the United States in the upcoming film directed by filmmaker Ali Abbasi and set in the 1970s and 1990s.
Joining Sebastian is Succession star Jeremy Strong, who plays attorney Roy Cohn, who represented Trump during the early days of his business career.
In the still image from the film, Sebastian and Jeremy are sitting side by side in the back of a car while Trump takes a phone call.
Dressed in a cream three-piece suit, Sebastian also sported a blonde wig to recreate Trump’s famous hairstyle.
Sebastian Stan was the spitting image of a young Donald Trump in a first image from his new film The Apprentice alongside Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn.
The actor, 41, plays the president of the United States in the upcoming film directed by filmmaker Ali Abbasi, set in the 1970s and 1990s (Trump pictured in 1985).
Jeremy wore a light gray suit with a white shirt and navy tie as he looked at his co-star with a stern expression.
The Apprentice will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it will compete for the coveted Palme d’Or.
Production on The Apprentice began in late November.
The film follows Trump in the 1970s and 1980s as he attempts to establish his real estate empire from his father Fred Trump’s properties.
The Apprentice is directed by Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, who filmed the critically acclaimed Persian-language crime thriller Holy Spider (2022).
Succession star Jeremy Strong, who will play disgraced (and ultimately disbarred) lawyer Roy Cohn, will feature prominently as the young Trump’s mentor.
He was later disbarred in 1986 for defrauding a dying client.
Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova, 27, will play Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump.
Sebastian plays Trump (right) in the ’70s and ’80s, while Jeremy plays his lawyer Roy Cohn (left, in 1983).
The film follows Trump in the 1970s and 1980s as he attempts to establish his real estate empire from his father Fred Trump’s properties (Trump pictured in 1985).
The Apprentice will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it will compete for the coveted Palme d’Or (Trump pictured in 1980).
Variety initially reported that the film’s title would be The Student, adding that a logline for the upcoming film described it as “an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit.”
‘It’s a mentor-protégé story that traces the origins of an American dynasty. Filled with larger-than-life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.’
The film’s script was written by writer Gabriel Sherman, author of the 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant and Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News and Divided a Country.
The book was later adapted into the 2019 Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice.
Sebastian is emerging professionally, having earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations after playing the role of Tommy Lee on Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, which comes to Hulu in 2022.
Sebastian is emerging professionally, having earned nominations for an Emmy and a Golden Globe after playing the role of Tommy Lee on Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, which is coming to Hulu in 2022.
Last year, Stan was in several movies, including Dumb Money, Sharper, and Ghosted.
Stan, who has also been seen in several MCU films playing Bucky ‘Winter Soldier’ Barnes, is the latest in a series of performers who have played Trump.
Few of them have been for dramatic productions, the most recent being Irish actor Brendan Gleeson in the 2020 Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule.
Trump has been parodied for decades on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, with actors including Alec Baldwin, Darrell Hammond, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam and the late Phil Hartman playing the role at different times.
Trump continues to fight multiple legal cases in several states and remains the favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination next year.