‘The Apprentice’s Sebastian Stan Says He Didn’t “Get Sleep” Playing Donald Trump
deadline.comAs Sebastian Stan promotes his most controversial role yet, hopefully he’s getting some well-deserved rest. The Golden Globe nominee recently opened up about how he got into character as Donald Trump for the upcoming Ali Abbasi-helmed film The Apprentice, which premieres Oct.
11 in US theaters, just in time for the undecided voters ahead of Election Day. “It’s a Marvel film,” he joked on the Today show before explaining his process. “Well, [you] try to get sleep, which I didn’t.
There’s a lot of research out there, there’s a lot of footage and documentary. It’s pretty much been very well documented, his sort of rise into what we see today.
And to me, it’s like playing an instrument. You sit at the piano, you get better at it with practice, and eventually you can just kinda do it in your sleep.” Let’s just hope he didn’t get too lost in the character, especially starring alongside Emmy, Golden Globe winner and noted method actor, Jeremy Strong.
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