Strong appears as disgraced, closeted lawyer and Donald Trump mentor Roy Cohn in the new film.

Yes, its absolutely valid, Strong told theLos Angeles Timesin an interview published Monday.

Thats your job as an actor.

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Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice.Briarcliff Entertainment/Youtube

The task, in a way, is to render something that is not necessarily your native habitat…. Cohn, as theL.A.

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I certainly dont do these things just for my own self-aggrandizement.

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‘The Apprentice’ star Jeremy Strong.Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment, Rich Spirit

Until a queer actor actually wins an Oscar for playing queer, we may never know.