Opening during the last weeks of a election cycle that eventually saw its subject Donald Trump re -elected as president of the United States, Ali Abbasis “The Apprentice” was one of 2024’s most controversial movies. It became a political lightning bar to the point that Sebastic townthat played Trump in the 1980s filmreportedly could not find a fellow actor who is willing to discuss that For Variety’s Actors on Actors Series. But even though some people avoided the movie, Stan is sure that Trump is a fan of it.
In a new interview with VanitySebastian Stan speculated that the president has repeatedly seen ”The apprentice“Suggests that the film’s critical tone may be lost on the former real estate mogul.
“Of course, I would spend money that he has seen it 100 fucking times, because he is a narcissist,” Stan said. “And I bet there are some things he likes about it.”
When asked by Vanity Fair to develop what parts of the movie he imagines Trump liked, Stan said: “What he looked like.”
Stan previously spoke of the film’s political urgent in a new Interview with IndieWirewhere he explained that it is a rare movie that looks back on history while its great players are still in power.
“Usually what happens is that you are watching movies like ‘Nixon’ or the movie ‘Downfall’, which is about Hitler, (the movies) happens years later. We have had time to process our feelings about it, and we have had some distance so we can go back and look at what went wrong or what we (thought) at that time,” said the town. “You don’t have that luxury (with the” apprentice “). We don’t have the luxury not to handle this person.”
And the city is not the only “The Apprentice” member that speculates the impact (or the lack of it) that the film’s viewers had on the US political landscape. Jeremy Strong, who plays Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn in the movie, told earlier GQ that he believes that the presidential election in 2024 could have swung differently If more young voters were exposed to the film.
“I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I mean, I am someone who was deeply influenced by watching some movies when I was growing up, and in many ways they informed a lot about my worldview. I remember films like” Mississippi Burning “or” The Killing Fields “, or” Midnight Express, “he said.” This type of movie had a huge impact on me. So I certainly think for many of the younger people who did not vote, it may have moved the needle. “
