The biopic of Donald Trump, The Apprenticereleased its first trailer on Tuesday ahead of the much-discussed film’s October release.
The film, from the director Ali Abbasi and the scriptwriter Gabriel Shermanfollow to Sebastian Stan like a young Trump under the mentorship of Roy Cohn performed by Jeremy Strong.
In the trailer, Trump and Cohn are seen meeting, with Trump telling his future mentor after introducing himself: “The Roy Cohn? You’re brutal.” “Guilty as charged,” Cohn replies.
Later, when Trump asks how Cohn “always wins,” Cohn shares his rules for victory.
“Attack, attack, attack; admit nothing, deny everything; no matter what happens, claim victory and never admit defeat,” Cohn says. He then adds: “You have to be willing to do anything to anyone to win.”.
Cohn’s instructions are played alongside a montage of Trump working on (and promoting) new buildings and attending glitzy events with Ivana Trump (Maria Bakalova). Trump is also seen helping himself to a “cheeseball” at a meeting, much to Cohn’s chagrin, and being criticized by both Cohn and Ivana, who tells him “your face looks like an orange.”
Trump is also shown looking at a Reagan button that reads “Make America Great Again” and smiling.
The Apprentice’s road to theaters
The Apprentice had its premiere on Cannes Film Festival in May. The project was eventually acquired by Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment for a pre-election release on October 11. News of the distribution came after Several months of tension between the film and the Trump campaignthe latter of which issued legal threats against potential distributors.
“A young Donald Trump eager to make a name for himself as the hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York falls under the spell of Roy Cohn, the ruthless lawyer who would help create the Donald Trump we know today“Cohn sees Trump as the perfect protégé,” the film’s description reads. “Someone with an innate ambition, hunger for success and the willingness to do whatever it takes to win.”
The Apprentice will appear at select spring film festivals ahead of its Oct. 11 release in U.S. theaters.
Source: Ambito
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