December 22, 2024 1:23 am

Jeremy Strong Defends Playing The 'Despicable' Roy Cohn in Trump Biopic
Jeremy Strong Defends Playing The 'Despicable' Roy Cohn in Trump Biopic

Jeremy Strong Defends Playing The ‘Despicable’ Roy Cohn in Trump Biopic

Donald Trump does not want the upcoming movie based on his life, The Apprentice, to be released in theaters, but it will do just that. The film stars Sebastian Stan as a young version of Donald J. Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, the shady prosecutor and political fixer who mentored the former President early into his career. Their dynamic is central to the story, an origin of sorts for Trump and, in many ways, the current state of the country. The Succession star says being cast as Cohn meant playing one of the most despicable people in the previous century.

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​The Apprentice star Jeremy Strong, who plays the former mentor to Donald Trump, defends playing one of the most despicable people in the 20th century. Read More