Though Sebastian Stan has taken on the function of a lifetime with The Apprentice, he nonetheless holds a lightweight 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 enjoying the twice-impeached president.
“There have been a few issues I didn’t get that I actually desperately wished,” he mentioned on the Pleased Unhappy Confused podcast. “However Captain Kirk for J.J. Abrams; that was one of many first I obtained very near. I keep in mind I used to be actually, actually shut, and I keep in mind I had a display screen check with [Abrams] at Paramount, and my supervisor had me do a separate photograph shoot the place I might attempt to replicate all these William Shatner photos simply to ship to him, see how a lot I appeared like him, however I didn’t get it.”
Chris Pine finally 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 keep in mind getting there, and it was like me, Justin Timberlake, Jared Leto, Ryan Reynolds and possibly one different particular person, and I’m these guys going, ‘I’m f—ed! There’s no means that is taking place!’
Jeremy Sturdy and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice.
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“However you come shut, and it wouldn’t occur, and in a means, I gotta let you know, trying again, I’m virtually 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 means of a Faustian cope with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Sturdy). Now enjoying in theaters, the film additionally stars Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr.
