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Ali Abbasi considered getting a woman to play Donald Trump in The Apprentice

Director Ali Abbasi gave serious thought to getting a woman to play Donald Trump in 'The Apprentice' in order to capture the "awkward" body language of the former US president.

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'The Apprentice': Film about Donald Trump released a month before US election

There have been documentaries, television programmes and "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketches, but this is the first film about one of the most divisive men of our times. "The Apprentice" tells of how Donald Trump rose to fame and power in 1980s New York before he became president of the…

France 24

‘I’m fine with people bashing us’: inside the controversial Trump biopic

The Apprentice depicts the ex-president’s come up, a gamble that’s led to legal threats and Hollywood discourse

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Sebastian Stan says he ate ramen and soy sauce to ‘puff up’ his face to play Donald Trump

Stan appears as Trump opposite Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in new biopic ‘The Apprentice’

The Independent UK

See the real Trump in “The Apprentice”

There’s a reason Trump doesn’t want you to see this movie – which is why you should

Salon

'The Apprentice': Donald Trump movie starring Sebastian Stan books October 18 for India release

"The Apprentice", featuring "Avengers" star Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, will hit Indian screens on October 18. Directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the film, set during the 1980s, takes a look at the darker side of the American business empire, chronicling the early rise of Trump, the Republican Presidential…

The Times of India

Marvel star Sebastian Stan becomes Donald Trump in first trailer for new drama from The Last of Us director

The Apprentice trailer is here

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Controversial film Trump ‘doesn’t want you to see’ exceeds Kickstarter goal

‘Apparently people DO want to see it,’ film’s director said

The Independent UK

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

By a landslide, “The Apprentice” is the most controversial movie of the fall

The Independent UK

This Fall, Hollywood tries to balance box office with the ballot box

This fall, Hollywood will be trying — with everything from swaggering historical epics like “Gladiator II” to the high-seas adventure of “Moana 2” — to capture the nation’s attention at a time when much of it will be directed at the polls

The Independent UK

Controversial Donald Trump biopic lands pre-election release date

‘The Apprentice’ starring Sebastian Stan as young Donald Trump initially struggled to find a buyer after its Cannes Film Festival premiere

The Independent UK

Trump film 'The Apprentice' finds distributor, will open before election

After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the young Donald Trump drama “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan as the former president, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November

The Independent UK

Controversial Trump biopic to receive pre-election release in US

The Apprentice, an 80s-set drama with a scene in which he sexually assaults his wife, will get an October release

The Guardian - US

Release date for Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice starring Sebastian Stan confirmed in the UK

The film, which is directed by Holy Spider's Ali Abbasi, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year

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Controversial Film About Young Donald Trump Struggles For Distribution

Film 'The Apprentice' faces distribution challenges in the U.S. due to its critical portrayal of young Donald Trump and controversial scenes, despite posit...

The Independent UK

Trump film 'The Apprentice' made noise in Cannes, but it still lacks a US distributor

Two weeks after its much-anticipated premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a film about Donald Trump in the 1980s is still seeking distribution in the United States

The Guardian - US

Trump lawyers seek to block US release of biopic The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi’s film, which shocked audiences at its world premiere at Cannes, depicts former president raping his first wife

The Independent UK

Trump campaign sends cease and desist letter to block release of biopic The Apprentice

Letter warns the film’s producer not to pursue a distribution deal

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Donald Trump is too scared to speak in his own defence, but that's not slowing him down

Donald Trump has complained nonstop for weeks about being gagged. The hush money trial, involving an alleged pay-off to porn star Stormy Daniels, has been monstrously unfair, he wailed repeatedly outside court. According to his own version of events, his prosecution was a horrible witch hunt, built on lies, because…

France 24

‘The Apprentice’ director shrugs off threat of Trump lawsuit over explosive Cannes biopic

Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has played down the threat of legal action over his Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice”, which caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival this week but may struggle to secure a US theatrical release in the run-up to the November 5 presidential election.

The Guardian - US

‘This garbage is pure fiction’: when subjects hit back at their biopics

Trump has spoken out against The Apprentice, but he’s not the first celebrity to attack an unflattering big-screen portrait

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The Apprentice: how to watch, awards, reviews, trailer, cast, plot, reviews and everything we know about the Sebastian Stan movie

Sebastian Stan plays a young Donald Trump in the movie The Apprentice. Here's everything you need to know about the movie.

The Independent UK

The Apprentice director offers to screen movie for Trump after lawsuit threats

The Trump campaign has said they will be ‘filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers’

France 24

Trump campaign vows to sue after Cannes premiere of 'The Apprentice' biopic

Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump.

The Guardian - UK

Trump movie The Apprentice: ‘I don’t think it is a movie he would dislike,’ says director

Ali Abbasi spoke at Cannes about his controversial new film, which the Trump campaign has said ‘belongs in a dumpster fire’

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