“Hopefully, this movie leads people towards a reconnection with their own humanity,” Stan tells EW.
“I don’t think the movie attempts to vilify these people.
I think it attempts to understand where they came from and how they became who they are.”
Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.Danny Kasirye
“So this is not a political movie.
Still, the actors say they’re not out to change anyone’s politics.
“If you likedBarbie, this movie is for you.
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment, Rich Spirit
If you didn’t likeBarbie, this movie is for you.
And I think that affects all of us.”
Stan also believes that by better understanding Trump, audiences have an opportunity to learn something about themselves.
“Hopefully, this movie leads people towards a reconnection with their own humanity,” he says.
And the only way to do that is, sometimes, to confront it with its opposite.
