However Donald TrumpAttempts to shut down Ali Abbasi’s soon-to-be-released film the apprenticeThe film is still buzzing as a new clip dropped on Tuesday that shows the former president decades in the past (Sebastian Stan), as he played by his late friend and lawyer Roy Cohn ( Successionof Jeremy Strong).
In the first clip from the film, which has a tentative release date of October 11, Trump and Cohn share the back of a town car as Cohn bullies a reporter into interviewing Trump. “About 100 reporters were crawling on my ass to do this interview and I gave you the exclusive,” Cohn says, handing the phone to a character Trump.
Cohn then encouraged Trump to use more grandiose language when speaking to reporters, after settling a racial discrimination lawsuit over his and his father’s housing practices. “I’m planning to build the best and best building,” says Stan Trump, “in the city—probably in the country,” and then, at Cohn’s direction, he adds, “in the world.”
the apprentice One follows a young Trump as he launched his New York real estate business in the 1970s and ’80s. Notorious lawyer Roy CohnWHO Died in 1986 And is said to be largely responsible for Trump’s rise to power. Got the movie Mostly positive reviews from critics, many of whom highlighted the controversial rape scene between Trump and his first wife Ivana.
Partial financier, Trump ally, and billionaire Dan Snyder was so far removed from the film’s portrayal of Trump that he tried to prevent its release in American theatersBut he bought out his investment in the film as the movie moves ahead of its planned release — and before the election. Director Ali Abbasi celebrated Friday with a post on Twitter/X: “So excited to show the movie to its home audience!!! America here we come.
Trump, on the other hand, has vowed to sue the filmmakers as his spokesperson Steven Cheung told The Daily Beast“We will file a lawsuit to address the patently false statements of these pretend filmmakers,” adding, “This garbage is pure fiction sensationalizing long-denied lies.”
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