Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Apprentice.
Very little has been dramatized.
It’s one of these stories where the truth is stranger than fiction.
Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Profile Pictures
Roy’s use of blackmail, and especially tape recording phone calls, is well documented, Sherman explains.
I found it so powerful that Roy would basically tape-record his own clients for blackmail and for leverage.
So basically, Roy gave a job to the city official who got the deal for Donald.
Roy Cohn’s blackmail tapes in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
Roy’s townhouse parties were famous because he mixed all of his different worlds together, Sherman says.
Roy basically opened the door and allowed Donald access to the secret world.
He wasn’t shy about it, Sherman says.
Stoned party guest at Roy Cohn’s party in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
Sitting together in a restaurant, Ivana reads through the paperwork carefully, much to Cohns chagrin.
The last straw was the gifts.
She couldn’t believe that Donald would make her return the gifts.
Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
Even Trump chasing Ivana into the street is based on real reporting.
But, as Sherman explains, It was a lawyer that Roy arranged to have for her.
So the lawyer was basically in on it with Roy.
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
It was so corrupt.
So, he instead opts for liposuction and scalp reduction surgery.
So that scene really was something that was backed by the record, Sherman says.
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Maria Bakalova as Ivana in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
“He just wants the quick fix of the surgery.
Her deposition is actually much more graphic than what we depict in the film, Sherman explains.
She’s reaching out to him.
Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment
However, the moment was not initially in the script.
That was Jeremy Strong’s idea, Sherman reveals.
The Apprenticeis now in theaters.
