Emmy-nominated actor Sebastian Stan, finest identified for enjoying Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is about to play a younger Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a brand new movie from Cannes prize-winning director Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider).
As first reported by Deadline, Stan will star alongside Emmy winner Jeremy Robust (Succession) and Academy Award nominee Maria Bakalova (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) within the upcoming characteristic, which can chronicle Trump’s efforts to construct his actual property enterprise in New York within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.
Described as “an exploration of energy and ambition, set in a world of corruption and deceit,” The Apprentice can even dig into the previous President’s relationship with notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, charting the origins of a serious American dynasty. Manufacturing began earlier this week.
In response to Deadline, Robust will play Cohn, whereas Bakalova will painting Trump’s first spouse, Ivana.
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The screenplay was written by creator Gabriel Sherman, who wrote the 2014 biography about Fox Information Channel president Roger Ailes, The Loudest Voice within the Room: How the Sensible, Bombastic Roger Ailes Constructed Fox Information – and Divided a Nation, which debuted at #9 on The New York Occasions Bestseller checklist. The guide impressed Showtime’s miniseries The Loudest Voice, which starred Russell Crowe as Ailes.
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Whereas most acknowledged for his function within the MCU, Stan has had a number of different memorable roles, most lately enjoying Robinhood Markets CEO Vladimir Tenev in Dumb Cash. He additionally portrayed Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee reverse Lily James’ Pamela Anderson on Hulu‘s Pam & Tommy and Tonya Harding’s abusive partner Jeff Gillooly in 2017’s I, Tonya.
In the meantime, Robust is finest identified for his award-winning lead function in HBO‘s Succession, which wrapped up its fourth and closing season earlier this yr. His different latest credit embrace Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, Man Ritchie’s The Gents, and James Grey’s Armageddon Time.
Bakalova is understood for voicing Cosmo the Spacedog in 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and 2022’s The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular. She additionally starred within the movies Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Bubble, and The Honeymoon.
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