The director of the new Donald Trump-centric drama film 'The Apprentice' is responding to the former president's criticism of the movie. Trump called the film a 'fake and classless' hatchet job and threatened legal action after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The director, who received a Best Actor nomination for his performance as Trump, said he was shunned by some in Hollywood because of the film.
The movie, which shares the title with Trump's former NBC reality TV series, follows Trump's career as a New York City businessman in the 1970s and 1980s and his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn.
Trump lashed out on the movie in October after the movie's theatrical premiere, calling the people behind it"human scum."“A FAKE and CLASSLESS Movie written about me, called, ‘The Apprentice’ , will hopefully ‘bomb,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“So sad that HUMAN SCUM, like the people involved in this hopefully unsuccessful enterprise, are allowed to say and do whatever they want in order to hurt a Political Movement, which is far bigger than any of us,” he continued., the Trump campaign’s chief spokesperson, threatened legal action last May over the movie after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, but the film was released in the U.S. on Oct. 11.
Stan said he was shunned by some in Hollywood because of the movie. He was notably omitted from Variety's"Actors on Actors" series, which pairs actors in one-on-one discussions for awards season.in November. “And it doesn’t matter, that’s OK. It’s not to point a finger at anybody — I’ve got to do a lot of great things.”
Along with Stan's Best Actor nod, fellow"The Apprentice" star Jeremy Strong received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Cohn.this awards season — but for a different movie. The 42-year-old was named the Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for his role in"A Different Man."The director of the new Donald Trump-centric drama film "The Apprentice" is responding to the former president slamming the film.
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