Actors who have past played Trump include Brendan Gleeson, Alec Baldwin and Darrell Hammond
Sebastian Stan will play a younger incarnation of former President Donald Trump in a film titled The Apprentice, which documents Trump's rise in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Emmy-nominated actor, 41, will be joined in the cast by Succession star Jeremy Strong, 44, who plays Trump's late lawyer and mentor Roy Cohn; and Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova, 27, who will play Trump's late ex-wife Ivana Trump, Deadline reported Wednesday.
Production began earlier this week on the motion picture directed by Ali Abbasi, and starring the Constanța, Romania-born actor, the outlet reported.
Variety reported that the film's title would be The Student, adding that a logline for the forthcoming film described it as 'an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit.
'It's a mentor-protégé story that charts the origins of an American dynasty. Filled with larger than life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.'
Sebastian Stan, 41, will play a younger incarnation of former President Donald Trump in a film titled The Apprentice, which will documents Trump's rise in the 1970s and 1980s. Pictured last year in LA
Stan will be joined in the cast by Succession star Jeremy Strong, 44, who plays Trump's late lawyer and mentor Roy Cohn; and Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova, 27, who will play Trump's late ex-wife Ivana Trump
The screenplay for the film was penned by writer Gabriel Sherman, who authored the 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News - and Divided a Country.
The book was subsequently adapted into the 2019 Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice.
Stan is surging professionally, having garnered nominations for an Emmy and Golden Globe after playing the role of Tommy Lee in Hulu's Pam & Tommy.
He was rumored to be playing Ric Flair in a film after meeting with the pro wrestling icon this past May in New York City. (Aaron Dean Eisenberg plays Flair in the upcoming The Iron Claw.)
Stan has been seen in multiple movies this past year, including Dumb Money, Sharper and Ghosted.
Stan, who has also been seen in multiple MCU films playing Bucky 'Winter Soldier' Barnes, is the latest in a line of performers who have played Trump.
Few of those have been for dramatic productions, with the most recent being Irish actor Brendan Gleeson in the 2020 Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule.
Trump has been spoofed for decades on NBC's Saturday Night Live, with actors including Alec Baldwin, Darrell Hammond, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam and the late Phil Hartman playing the role at different points.
Trump was pictured in NYC in a limo in August of 1987, a timeframe the film spans
Cohn and Trump were pictured at the October 1983 opening of Trump Tower in NYC
Trump and his late wife Ivana were pictured in September of 1984
Stan, who has also been seen in multiple MCU films playing Bucky 'Winter Soldier' Barnes, is the latest in a line of performers who have played Trump
Trump remains battling multiple legal cases in multiple states as he remains the favorite to garner the Republican presidential nomination next year.
Strong, coming off his strong run on Kendall Roy on the HBO hit Succession, is also working in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People alongside The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli. Previews are slated to commence at Circle in the Square Theatre February 27, with the play set to open March 18.
Bakalova, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has been featured in multiple films this year, including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Fairyland.
