Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn is also inspired casting .
If you didn’t know,Sebastian Stanis playing a youngDonald Trumpin an upcoming biopic.
TitledThe Apprentice, the film chronicles Trump’s rise in New York’s business scene in the 1980s.
The film will specifically delve into his relationship with Roy Cohn, the controversial McCarthy-era lawyer-turned-New York City political figure who mentored Trump.
In the film,Jeremy Strongplays Cohn.
These castings, along withMaria Bakalovaas Ivana Trump, wereannouncedin November 2023.
Now, the first official photo of Sebastian and Jeremy as Trump and Cohn in the film has been released, and Sebastian paints a pretty accurate image of a young Trump.
Here’s the photo of Jeremy and Sebastian in character:
There’s a lot to take in here. There’s the very ’80s car interior color scheme and car phone. Most notable is the actor’s apt transformations, specifically through their hair: Jeremy with Cohn’s buzzcut and Sebastian with Trump’s side-swept hair.
In March, Jeremy toldNew York Times magazinehe dove into playing Cohn after finishing filmingSuccession.
It was also announced on Thursday that the moviewill premiereat the Cannes Film Festival in May. Ali Abbasi (seen below) is directingThe Apprenticefrom a screenplay by Gabriel Sherman.
