‘The Apprentice’ trailer introduces Sebastian Stan’s Donald Trump

Effectively earlier than he starred on The Apprentice, Donald Trump himself was an apprentice to none aside from notorious lawyer Roy Cohn.

This mentorship is teased within the newly launched trailer (beneath) for brand spanking new Trump origin story — additionally fittingly dubbed The Apprentice — which notably options Sebastian Stan in an eerie tackle a younger Trump. Succession star Jeremy Robust additionally stands out as Cohn, identified for sending the Rosenbergs to the electrical chair through the Pink Scare, and later for serving as Trump’s lawyer when he was accused of violating the Honest Housing Act.

“Donald who?” Robust’s Cohn asks when Trump comes knocking at his door. It looks as if an odd query, contemplating how a lot Trump has infiltrated tradition and politics as of late, however it’s additionally a superb reminder that he would not be Trump if not for Cohn.

Cohn’s guidelines for achievement are Trump’s present playbook. “The primary rule is: Assault, assault, assault,” he says within the trailer. “Rule 2: Admit nothing, deny every part. Rule 3: It doesn’t matter what occurs, you declare victory and by no means admit defeat…. It’s important to be keen to something to anybody to win.”

Directed by Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider, Border) and written by journalist Gabriel Sherman, the biopic chronicles the rise of the previous president and convicted felon as an actual property mogul within the Seventies and ’80s. It additionally depicts his first marriage to Ivana Trump, performed by Borat Subsequent Moviefilm breakout Maria Bakalova.

Rounding out the solid are Martin Donovan (Weeds, Tenet, Ant-Man) as Donald’s dad, Fred Trump, and Joe Pingue (The Expanse, The Guide of Eli) as mob boss Anthony Salerno.

Very like its topic, the movie has been the source of many headlines this 12 months. Not lengthy after its premiere on the Cannes Movie Competition, the Trump marketing campaign threatened authorized motion. It additionally despatched a cease-and-desist letter in an try to dam the film’s launch.

“We shall be submitting a lawsuit to handle the blatantly false assertions from these fake filmmakers,” Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung stated in a press release on the time. “This rubbish is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies which have been lengthy debunked. As with the unlawful Biden Trials, that is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White Home and beat their candidate of selection as a result of nothing they’ve carried out has labored.”

In line with Selection, in response, Abbasi stated he’d welcome the possibility to display the movie for Trump, including, “I don’t essentially suppose that this can be a film he would dislike.”

Abbasi continued, “I don’t essentially suppose he would love it. I feel he could be shocked, you realize? And like I’ve stated earlier than, I’d supply to go and meet him wherever he desires and discuss concerning the context of the film, have a screening and have a chat afterwards, if that’s attention-grabbing to anybody on the Trump marketing campaign.”

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The Apprentice hits theaters Oct. 11. Watch the complete trailer for the movie, above.