Sebastian Stan reveals The Apprentice director wanted to cast a woman as Donald Trump

Stan Sebastian is garnering a variety of reward for his portrayal of US President-elect Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice. On THR Actors Roundtable, the actor revealed that the filmmaker initially wished to forged a lady as Trump. (Additionally Learn – The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi indignant at movie’s censorship problem in India: ‘We want a vaccine for it’)

What Stan Sebastian mentioned

Stan talked about how he gained weight to play Trump within the movie. He mentioned, “There was not sufficient time to achieve weight. The prosthetic check actually failed badly. Not solely that however the director Ali, two weeks out, says, ‘Initially, I used to be going to forged a lady to play Trump.’ And I’m taking a look at him, ‘Why are you telling me two weeks earlier than I’m gonna die!’

Stan added that he ate a variety of ramen and drank a lot of Coca Cola to achieve weight instantly for Trump’s function. “I used to be having panic assaults each night time. I am a hypochondriac. I get my blood taken each January or no matter. My LDL ranges had gone up, the ldl cholesterol,” Stan mentioned.

He additionally narrated an incident wherein he and Ali went to the Trump Tower to sneakily shoot for The Apprentice. Somebody there recognised him, not because the actor who’s enjoying Trump, however “as that Marvel man.” Stan performed Bucky Rogers aka The Winter Soldier within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Stan revealed that he will get essentially the most recognised for his function within the musical miniseries Daisy Jones & the Six.

About The Apprentice

The Apprentic is about within the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, and explores Donald Trump’s previous as an actual property tycoon in New York Metropolis. Written by Gabriel Sherman, The Apprentice additionally stars Jeremy Sturdy as lawyer Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova as Trump’s late former spouse Ivana Trump. Whereas the movie launched in US cinemas in October, its India launch was stalled by the Central Board of Movie Certification, which demanded sure tweaks and removing of express scenes. Ali Abbasi expressed his frustration on the stalling and mentioned that India’s censorship points want a “vaccine.”