CINEMA – Sebastian Stan felt very alone. The actor, who plays Donald Trump in The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi, has once again become aware in recent days of the divisive nature of the unflattering biopic on the youth of the next president of the United States, released on October 9 in France.
“The Apprentice,” the explosive film about the rise of Donald Trump, has far exceeded our expectations
The actor spoke on this subject on Wednesday November 20 in Los Angeles, during a screening of the film against which the Republican's team had threatened to take legal action during its presentation in the official selection of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. “I received a lot of love from the greatest actors, directors, producers and writers who saw the film and were delighted with it”said Sebastian Stan first.
“But then I was offered to do the show “Actors on Actors” of “Variety” this Friday, and I couldn't find another actor to do it with me because they were too afraid to go and talk about this film,” he reveals. This program consists of bringing together a duo of actors to discuss their profession and their careers.
“I’m not pointing the finger at anyone in particular”specifies the interpreter of young Donald Trump who declares not to have been able “override the press officers” because his colleagues had too much ” fear “ to talk about the film.
“That's where I think we lose the game, because if we're really afraid or uncomfortable talking about it, we're really going to have a problem.”he supports, while calling not to put “put aside” Donald Trump after his landslide election. “Shouldn't we take a closer look and try to understand what motivates this person? »he asks himself to conclude.
A lack of solidarity in the industry
Sebastian Stan's comments were confirmed by Ramin Setoodeh, the co-editor of Varietyin a press release sent to Deadline Wednesday : “We invited him to be on 'Actors on Actors,' but no other actors wanted to partner with him because they didn't want to talk about Donald Trump.”.
Ali Abbasi, the director of The Apprentice also expressed himself on this subject on X (formerly Twitter): “This is what we are facing!” »
The Iranian can, however, count on the support of his colleague Adam McKay (The Big Short, Don’t Look Up). “It’s disgusting”he condemns on X (formerly Twitter). “The only way to overcome what awaits us is to show extreme solidarity. It’s exactly the opposite here,” he continues before declaring that the actors and their teams should have ” shame “.
In 2018, Adam McKay released Vicea biopic about Dick Cheney, former vice-president of George W. Bush between 2001 and 2009. The final scene of the film openly criticized support for Donald Trump.
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