Actor Sebastian Stan has likened playing Donald Trump to " riding a psychotic horse through a blazing stable." The 42-year-old star, who looks unrecognizable in the role, portrays the former US president in Ali Abbasi's movie The Apprentice, which delves into the former President and current Republican presidential nominee's early years as a real estate businessman in New York. Trump is currently running alongside J.
D. Vance against his opponent Kamala Harris . Stan confessed that it was daunting to take on the part of such a polarizing figure.
Sebastian Stan says Donald Trump is 'a lot smarter' than most people realize Sebastian Stan lays into reporter for calling his co-star with face tumors a 'beast' In an interview with Empire magazine, Sebastian said: "Working on it with Ali was like riding a psychotic horse through a blazing stable." "We're talking about somebody that everyone has an opinion about, that everyone has an impression of, that everyone has strong feelings for." The Thunderbolts actor explained how he watched plenty of material featuring Trump and others impersonating the controversial politician but didn't want his portrayal to have too much outside influence.
He said: "I watched everything. I watched stuff that impersonators did. All the things.
But I also just had to go towards the collaboration and the vision that I was sharing with Ali." The Apprentice explores how Trump became the figure he is today through the guidance of New York attorney Roy Cohn (Je.