“Apprentice” star Sebastian Stan vents about Trump ahead of the election

Sebastiano Stanthe actor who plays a young man Donald Trump in the movie hot-button The Apprenticecriticized the former president and current Republican presidential candidate during an interview on Sunday, less than 48 hours before Election Day, calling him a “paranoid, scared little man” who “doesn't care about your situation.”

Stan made the comments about Trump – the strongest since the film's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in September and its US theatrical release in October – while taping an upcoming episode Of The Hollywood journalist'S Prize chat podcast recorded in front of an audience at the Miami Film Festival's GEMS event.

Stan reminded the audience that they can stream The Apprentice on VOD before voting – “and if you live in this country, you Shouldbecause it is your right,” he stressed, adding: “You have the right to be curious and to know what you need to know.” He continued: “What's really controversial about this movie? I mean, I think the scariest part is our level of denial of reality at this point. If you really want to know, it's out there, it's all documented for the last 30, 40 years. “Everything in this movie has been documented and it's out there.”

Stan vented: “There are people who will say, 'We don't know what the truth is anymore.' That's the problem! [Trump] it has confused things so much… At this point you can create your own truth, believe whatever you want, and that's what people do. But I think if you really care, you can still find it.

As for the value of presenting the facts in a film, versus another form? “I can sit here and tell you things you've already heard for like 30,000 hours, and it won't really make a difference,” he complained. “You hear the facts, we all hear the information, but you don't experience It. It's the experience of being with this person for two hours, seeing where they're coming from, and really asking yourself at the end of the movie, “Do you trust this person?” Do you really trust that this guy will make a decision that will be good for you or for him?' And let me tell you something: There's a paranoid, scared little man who's still out there fighting the good fight to get into the Manhattan membership club and be put on a plaque on a wall. He doesn't care about your situation. It's that HimI have to get there first. And that's exactly what the movie is.

Stan, who was born in Romania and emigrated to America with his mother when he was 12, said he was drawn The Apprentice because he believes that it is fundamentally about the American dream: “What essentially started with my dismissive and judgmental attitude towards this boy began to take shape into something bigger, which was not just about this boy, but also a certain mentality and this idea of ​​the American dream as we know it, and what is it really? Because I've been obsessed with it since my mother, in New York City, pointed to the Twin Towers and everything around us and said, “This is the promised land.” , this is the land of freedom, this is the land of the free.” opportunity. This is where you can become someone. And I sacrificed my life for you to get here.' And so I've always been in love with this idea. I'm kind of an example of the American dream. I got lucky.”

He continued: “The film asked the question, 'What is the cost?' And this man was in a way a great example of what can happen when you lose who you are because you're so focused on one thing and that nothing else matters, not even your humanity.

Is the actor worried about the possible repercussions of making the film or talking about Trump now, given the real possibility that Trump will be re-elected and – as he has promised – will seek revenge against those who opposed him? “A lot of people told me not to do it,” Stan acknowledged. “I mean, you know that very well Jimmy Kimmel he asked me if I still have my Romanian passport, according to him [Trump] trying to deport American citizens. Like him [Kimmel] I just said, “It looks like Europe will be the right place” for me. But yeah, I don't believe in fear… Again, I come from a place where people were silenced and taught to live in fear. And that was another reason why I was like, “I have to do this.”

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