“And I bet you theres certain things he likes about it.”

“How he looked, the actor said with a smile.

“He loses his humanity.

Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice; US President Donald Trump attends a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on November 5, 2018

Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’; Donald Trump.Credit:Pief Weyman/Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit; JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty

I guess thats essentially what happens, Stan said of the movie.

Not everyone was shocked by Stan’s willingness to get wrapped up in the Trump narrative, though.

His formerCaptain AmericacostarChris Evanstold the outlet, “Sebastian has always been really fearless.

The Apprentice Jeremy Strong (left) as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan (right) as Donald Trump in <em>The Apprentice</em>, a film by Ali Abbasi.

Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment & Rich Spirit

you’re able to see that in his choices.

He takes big swings.

Its just got so many strings attached to it.'

Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) in THUNDERBOLTS

And I was so unsurprised when I heard it was Sebastian.”

“[Sebastian] is willing to play unlikable characters.

I find that executives have trouble with characters that may be complex and have dark sides to them.

The Apprentice (2024) Sebastian Stan

He really embraces that.

Hes not happy to just be a conventional movie star.”

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