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Trump the movie: The Apprentice film headed to Cannes Film Festival
- Film explores Donald Trump’s early years as a real estate tycoon, starring Sebastian Stan as Trump
- The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera runs from May 14 -25
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The formative years of Donald Trump will be the focus of a biographical film set to compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival next month.
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Iranian Danish director Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice – with Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Sebastian Stan starring as the young property tycoon, before reality television fame and politics – was announced on Thursday as part of the main competition of the festival being held in the south of France from May 14-25.
The forthcoming film takes its title from the wildly popular NBC reality show, which catapulted the future US president into the mainstream zeitgeist during the mid-to-late 2000s.
Described as “an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit,” the film also stars Emmy Award-winning Succession star Jeremy Strong portraying New York City lawyer and right-wing political power broker Roy Cohn, who served as Trump’s mentor before he died in 1986.
In a recent interview, the in-demand actor – currently starring in Broadway’s Enemy of the People – described the role as his “most fascinating” to date.
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