The Apprentice star Sebastian Stan explains why he took on the role of former President Donald Trump despite advice telling him not to. Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, the upcoming biopic chronicles the earlier years of Trump’s career, following the divisive figure as he becomes a powerful real-estate mogul in the 1970s and ’80s with the help of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong). The Apprentice has been controversial since it was first announced, and it struggled for a long time to find distribution, which it has now secured through Briarcliff Entertainment.