Sebastian Stan to Play Donald Trump

‘Succession’s Jeremy Strong and ‘Borat’s Maria Bakalova are also in the cast.

(Left) Sebastian Stan stars in 'Dumb Money.' Photo: Claire Folger. © 2023 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Right) Former President Donald Trump on 'Meet The Press.' Copyright: 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC.

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Sebastian Stan will play a younger Donald Trump in a new movie.
‘The Apprentice’ will also feature Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova.
Iranian director Ali Abasi is behind the movie, which has started shooting.

While he became well known for playing James “Bucky” Barnes AKA The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sebastian Stan has carved out a niche playing real-life people, including Tommy Lee in ‘Pam & Tommy’, Robinhood Markets CEO Vladimir Tenev in ‘Dumb Money’ and Jeff Gilooly, who was married to skater Tonya Harding in ‘I, Tonya’.

But his latest role will raise eyebrows higher than most –– he’s on board to play a younger Donald Trump in a new movie called ‘ The Apprentice’. But though it has the name of the TV series that first brought Trump to national attention, it appears to take place before he gets that gig, and long before his Presidential term.

What’s the story of ‘The Apprentice?

Former President Donald Trump on 'Meet The Press.' Copyright: 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC.

‘The Apprentice’ is billed as an exploration of power and ambition, set in a world of corruption and deceit, and 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.

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.

Who else will star in ‘The Apprentice’?

(L to R) Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin in season 4 of HBO's 'Succession.' Photograph by Claudette Barius/HBO.

Deadline reports that ‘Succession’ actor Jeremy Strong will be heading back into the world of rich New York types (albeit real ones this one) to play the role of Cohn.

Maria Bakalova, meanwhile, who broke out in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ and most recently was heard voicing Cosmo in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, is on board to play Ivana, Trump’s first wife (who, it’s worth noting, died last year and is buried in, of all places, Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey).

Who is making ‘The Apprentice’?

HBO Max's 'The Last of Us.' Photo: Warner Media.

This new movie comes from Iranian director Ali Abbasi, who has made films including ‘Holy Spider’ and ‘Border’ and who shot two episodes of HBO’s acclaimed video game adaptation ‘The Last of Us’.

Writing the script for this one is Gabriel Sherman, whose bestseller ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ inspired Showtime’s miniseries ‘The Loudest Voice’, starring Russell Crowe as Fox News founder Roger Ailes.

When will ‘The Apprentice’ be on screens?

The cameras have only just started rolling on this one and it doesn’t have a distributor yet, so we’ll have to wait and see when it’ll be in theaters.