Not to diminish his Golden Globe win for playing a disfigured man who undergoes facial reconstruction surgery in A Different Man, but for Sebastian Stan the hardest role to play in his career was “the man in orange” aka Donald Trump in this year’s The Apprentice.
Stan won his first Golden Globe tonight in Best Actor Male Actor Comedy or Musical for the A24 feature A Different Man. It was one of two noms tonight for the Marvel Studios thespian who is also up for Best Actor Feature Drama for playing Trump in The Apprentice.
Back in the press room, as reporter asked the actor what the hardest role of his career has been. “The man in orange was the hardest to play,” said Stan.
Stan called playing a Trump “a big risk” and “in itself really difficult.” “The responsibility I carried, it was about The Apprentice, wanting to do the best I can to honor Ali Abbasi’s vision,” Stan said.
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