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Everything to know about controversial Donald Trump film 'The Apprentice' starring Sebastian Stan

Headline from Entertainment Weekly, from the development of May 20, 2024

Newest development May 21, 2024 · 3 reportsTrump 'more relatable than we want to admit': biopic star Sebastian Stan

Here's everything we know about the controversial Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice,' starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova.

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    Everything to know about controversial Donald Trump film 'The Apprentice' starring Sebastian Stan

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    Trump 'more relatable than we want to admit': biopic star Sebastian Stan

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Reports & sources

11 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Are Superb in Chilling Account of the Unholy Alliance That Birthed Donald Trump (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star in 'The Apprentice,' Ali Abbasi’s chronicle of Donald Trump’s formative pact with cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn.

  2. Deadline

    ‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan And Jeremy Strong Soar As Young Donald Trump And His Ruthless Mentor Roy Cohn In Devilish Origin Story – Cannes Film Festival (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    A review of 'The Apprentice' with Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong telling the origin story of Donald Trump and lawyer Roy Cohn.

  3. The Guardian

    Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice depicts him as a rapist (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Ali Abbasi’s film, starring Sebastian Stan, presents a fictionalised account of an incident recorded in Ivana Trump’s 1990 divorce deposition, and since retracted

  4. The Hollywood Reporter

    Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Shocks Cannes, Receives Nearly Eight-Minute Standing Ovation (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    At the Cannes world premiere of the Donald Trump drama The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, the film shocked the audience.

  5. Variety

    ‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan Plays Donald Trump in a Docudrama That Nails Everything About Him but His Mystery (opens Variety)

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    Sebastian Stan plays Donald Trump, and Jeremy Strong is the evil-eyed Roy Cohn, in a spirited docudrama that never penetrates Trump's mystery.

  6. Variety

    Brutal Donald Trump Biopic ‘The Apprentice’ Gets 8-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation as Director Says ‘It’s Time to Make Movies Political Again’ (opens Variety)

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    Sebastian Stan earned a standing ovation at the Cannes premiere of 'The Apprentice,' a drama about Donald Trump's early years

  7. France 24

    Trump 'more relatable than we want to admit': biopic star Sebastian Stan (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Sebastian Stan immersed himself 24/7 in Donald Trump's early life to research the new biopic "The Apprentice" -- and came to an unexpected realisation.

  8. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘The Apprentice’ Critics Praise Sebastian Stan in “Donald Trump Movie You Never Knew You Needed” (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    What reviewers are saying about Donald Trump movie The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan as the former president and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn.

  9. Entertainment Weekly

    Everything to know about controversial Donald Trump film 'The Apprentice' starring Sebastian Stan (opens Entertainment Weekly)

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    Entertainment Weekly's feed description

    Here's everything we know about the controversial Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice,' starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova.

  10. amNewYork

    ‘The Apprentice,’ about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    “The Apprentice,” directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. The central relationship of the movie is between Trump

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