Jeremy Strong describes ‘The Apprentice’ as a love story between Donald Trump and Roy Cohn

[queenursula]

‘The Apprentice,’ starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova, dramatizes the sinister bond between Donald Trump and Roy Cohn.

“I think of it as a love story, really,” Strong tells VF. https://t.co/iUDsRjA1Yw
- VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 16, 2024
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[theactualworst]

Ngl I think people are being too hard on Seb for taking this role. There’s nothing wrong with actors taking on roles of shitty people. I agree with the people who were pissed about Pam & Tommy cause I agree but this one doesn’t bother me.

I know people are concerned about the impacts on the election but we’ve long been fucked I that department.

[alwayspolaris]

I guess this to me is the same as Pam and Tommy and all those Dahmer biopics, etc. - it still feels like it's glamorizing these real life horrible people and their crimes, and at the expense of their victims/their families (who now among other things have to see movie trailers/awards ceremonies about these men and have to dodge interviews/fans). It's just in this case the criminal also happens to be running for office.

If I thought this would actually help expose new information or get justice for people he's hurt I might think differently about it. But it's just an awards grab at the end of the day :/

[lamppost1911]

But Pam publicly condemned the show and family members of Damher victims did the same.

I am not defending the movie but until I know the plot/see it, I don’t see anything wrong with trash being exposed. I get what you mean though. Maybe I’m being too optimistic but I’m hoping that this movie shows that.

[alwayspolaris]

This just came out so we'll have to wait and see specifically how all of his sexual assault and redlining victims from the 70s feel, but also almost an unimaginable number of people have lost someone to covid - for which he crippled the public healthcare system and denied aid - or have been gravely impacted by the abortion bans, or any of his other deadly policies, so a lot of the people speaking out against this movie ARE his victims. And at this point there's not a lot of his crimes we - and his base - don't already know about. He publicly brags about all it and it just makes his fans like him more, which is why I have my doubts this will expose anything new :(

[doncheadle]

i think people would be more willing to look at art for arts sake but these people keep making controversial shit about people that are still alive! this man is currently running for president between the cases being thrown at him. they couldn’t shelve this shit for a year? look at how well TÁR was received when it had no tangible ties to a living person. may december ended up falling during award season too, in part bc the living person spoke up (rightfully).

and this is Seb’s second time too, he really turned me off the whole thing when he mentioned watching the sex tape during promo for Pam and Tommy. it’s a tight rope portraying living people who can speak for themselves, even if they’re criminals etc. a platform is a platform. and seb is literally trying to reach for awards with both hands which… wakaflocka-okay.gif

thank you so much for coming to my tedtalk.

[daijouboo]

Right? This is an arthouse indie movie by an Iranian director. It doesn't even have a US distributor yet. We still don't know what kind of a release it will get, but I'm not expecting it will have much of an impact other than in the awards conversation-if the performances are any good. As a country we are being thrown under the bus by our current president who is flushing away his re-election chances by bankrolling a genocide for the last 7 months.