‘The Apprentice’ Filmmaker Isn’t Scared By Donald Trump’s Legal Threats: “They Don’t Talk About His Success Rate”; Filmmaker Hopes For September Release Timed To Election Debates – Cannes

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The Apprentice filmmaker Ali Abbasi was asked today at the pic’s Cannes press conference about Donald Trump‘s legal threats against the movie following its world premiere here at the fest. “Everybody talks about him Sueing a lot of people, they don’t talk about his success rate,” said the filmmaker.

Following the movie’s world premiere where it received an 11-minute standing ovation at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, Trump campaign’s Steven Cheung declared, “We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers.” The movie follows the rise of a young 1980s Donald J.

Trump, played by Marvel Studios movie icon Sebastian Stan, as a real estate baron and how he became inspired to wheel and deal from ruthless attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong). “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked,” added Cheung of the Competition film. “As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.” Abbasi said “I don’t necessarily think this is a movie he would dislike, I don’t think he’d necessarily like it, but I think he would be surprised.” “I would offer to go and meet him and have a chat afterward,” added the filmmaker.

The pic’s producer Daniel Berkman said, “We ask them to see the film.” The movie contains a rape scene in which Trump forces himself on to his then wife, Ivana Trump played by Bakalova.