With the film officially selected for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the first look at Sebastian Stan in his role as Donald Trump in the upcoming film The Apprentice is now out.
The image comes as the biopic was announced as one of the selections for the upcoming film festival. The Apprentice is directed by Ali Abbasi from a script written by Gabriel Sherman and features a star-studded cast that will explore the rise of a young Donald Trump.
Alongside Stan in the starring role, The Apprentice also features Succession’s Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Trump’s mentor, Maria Bakalova as Ivanka Trump, and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr.
Check out the first look of Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump below:
What to expect in The Apprentice?
Described as an exploration of power and ambition, The Apprentice will be directed by Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbas from a screenplay being written by Gabriel Sherman. It is executive produced by Grant S. Johnson, Gabriel Sherman, Amy Baer, Mark Rapaport, and Emanuel Nuñez. Producers are Daniel Bekerma, Jacob Jarek, and Ruth Treacy of Taylored.
“Set in a world of corruption and deceit, The Apprentice will examine Trump’s efforts to build his real estate business in New York in the ’70s and ’80s, also digging into his relationship with infamous attorney Roy Cohn,” reads the synopsis. “It’s a mentor-protege story that charts the origins of a major American dynasty. Filled with larger than life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.”
