The interpreter of the billionaire in the Ali Abbasi biopic had to give up participating in the show “Actors on Actors” because none of the artists asked to discuss his role with him wanted to talk about Trump.
Sebastian Stan on the set of “The Apprentice,” where he plays the billionaire during his formative years. Scythia Films – Profile Pictures – Tailored Films – Gidden Media – Kinematics
By Samuel Douhaire
Published on November 21, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.
HAS Hollywood, it is no longer good to have a critical look at Donald Trump. Sebastian Stan, who plays the billionaire who is not yet head of state in The Apprenticeby Ali Abbasi, has just had the bitter experience of this. The actor, invited by the professional magazine Variety to participate in his TV show Actors on Actors (discussions between two actors and/or actresses about their most recent roles, broadcast during the Oscar election campaign), revealed Wednesday, November 20, that he had to give it up. The reason? Nobody wanted to talk to him. “I am not accusing anyone in particular, said Sebastian Stanthe fact remains that we were unable to get past the barrage of agents and press officers who represent [les acteurs sollicités] because they were too afraid to talk about the film ». One of the editors-in-chief of VarietyRamin Setoodeh, confirmed to IndieWire that the “talents” in question “didn’t want to talk about Donald Trump”.
As a reminder, The Apprentice recounts the youth of the 45th and soon 47th President of the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, when the real estate developer, still new to politics, learned all about the art of dirty tricks from lawyer Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong). In a shocking scene, we even see Donald Trump raping his first wife, Ivana… The main person concerned vilified a film on his social network Truth Social “defamatory”, assimilated to “a politically disgusting war machine” against him, designating all the people invested in The Apprentice as “scum”. Since this declaration, the Republican candidate has beaten Kamala Harris and, two months before his effective return to the White House, the film industry, although traditional support of the Democratic camp, obviously does not want to further anger the elected president …
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Sebastian Stan reacted with bitterness to the pusillanimity of his colleagues during a screening of The Apprentice Wednesday, November 20, in Los Angeles. “That's where I think we lose the game, because if we're really afraid or uncomfortable about talking [de Trump], we're really going to have a problem. There was recently an editorial from New York Times very interesting, who said that “We need to stop pretending that Trump is not one of us.” […] You can't write this person off, especially after they've won the popular vote. Shouldn't we take a closer look and try to understand what motivates her? »
Sebastian Stan got the support of his director, Ali Abbasi, who on X published this pithy comment: “This is what we are facing!” » Filmmaker Adam McKay (author of Vicea biopic of former American Vice President Dick Cheney which criticized support for Donald Trump) expressed his anger: “It’s sickeninghe wrote on X. The only way to overcome what lies ahead is to show extreme solidarity. It's exactly the opposite here. Shame on these actors and agents. Shame. » Sebastian Stan's colleagues, for the moment, remain very discreet…
