'Apprentice' Filmmakers Detail Struggle To Sell Amid 'Cowardice' Fueled By Trump
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The satirical look at Trump's rise to power as a New York City businessman was almost blocked entirely, spurring the creators behind it to speak out.
The “Apprentice” filmmakers have been chronicling their fight to find a distributor for the upcoming Donald Trump biopic since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, which the film’s eventual buyer attributed to fear.
“I can’t really speak for others, but my sense is it is in large if not complete part cowardice in the face of Donald Trump,” Tom Ortenberg, whose Briarcliff Entertainment ultimately saved the project, told Entertainment Weekly in an expansive interview Friday with the cast and crew.
“Anybody who claims otherwise, I would probably accuse of fibbing,” Ortenberg continued.
The film follows Trump (Sebastian Stan) and his lawyer, infamous right-wing political fixer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), during his rise as a real estate mogul in 1980s New York City.
Chief Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung threatened legal action after the Cannes premiere to block the “garbage” film from being released ahead of November, claiming it served as “election interference by Hollywood elites.”
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