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Why did Sebastian Stan want to play Donald Trump in The Apprentice?

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Sebastian StanDecision to play Donald Trump wasn’t one he took lightly.

The actor who portrayed the 2024 Republican presidential candidate in the autobiography ApprenticeHe revealed what drew him to the role of the businessman-turned-politician.

Stan said: “What basically started out as my sort of dismissive and judgmental attitude towards this guy started to take shape into something bigger.” Hollywood Reporter In an interview published on November 4, “That interview was not only about this man, but also about a certain mindset and the idea of the American Dream as we know it, and what is it really about?”

The Romanian-born star, who moved to the U.S. at age 12, said his fascination with the American Dream also stems from his own experience as an immigrant.

“I’ve been obsessed with this,” he said, “ever since my mom, in New York City, pointed to the Twin Towers, and everything around us, and said, ‘This is the promised land, this is the land of the free. This is the land of opportunity. This is where you can become someone. And I sacrificed my life to get you here.”

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