Though Sebastian Stan has taken on the function of a lifetime with The Apprentice, he nonetheless holds a light-weight for a number of the roles he didn’t get.
The Golden Globe nominee, who portrays Donald Trump within the Ali Abbasi-helmed movie, not too long ago revealed that he was up for starring roles in Star Trek (2009) and Inexperienced Lantern (2011) years earlier than taking part in the twice-impeached president.
“There have been a few issues I didn’t get that I actually desperately wished,” he stated on the Comfortable Unhappy Confused podcast. “However Captain Kirk for J.J. Abrams; that was one of many first I obtained very near. I bear in mind I used to be actually, actually shut, and I bear in mind I had a display screen take a look at with [Abrams] at Paramount, and my supervisor had me do a separate picture shoot the place I might attempt to replicate all these William Shatner photos simply to ship to him, see how a lot I seemed like him, however I didn’t get it.”
Chris Pine in the end beat out Stan to play Captain Kirk in Abrams’ reboot of the franchise, in addition to the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Past (2016). In the meantime, Ryan Reynolds landed the main function of Hal Jordan in Inexperienced Lantern.
“Inexperienced Lantern was one other that I display screen examined for,” recalled Stan. “I bear in mind getting there, and it was like me, Justin Timberlake, Jared Leto, Ryan Reynolds and perhaps one different particular person, and I’m taking a look at these guys going, ‘I’m f—ed! There’s no manner that is occurring!’
Jeremy Robust and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice.
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“However you come shut, and it wouldn’t occur, and in a manner, I gotta inform you, trying again, I’m nearly glad it didn’t. As a result of I don’t know if I may have dealt with that stage of consideration like a few of these guys,” he admitted, additionally noting he auditioned for a Russell Crowe film.
Following appearances on Gossip Woman and As soon as Upon a Time, Stan rose to fame with roles in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), I, Tonya (2017) and Hulu’s Pam & Tommy (2022), the latter incomes him his first Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice charts a younger Donald Trump’s (Stan) ascent to energy by a Faustian take care of the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Robust). Now taking part in in theaters, the film additionally stars Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr.
