Sebastián Stan will play Donald Trump in the movie “The Student”

American actor Sebastian Stan will play former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in ‘The Student’, the film by Iranian director Ali Abbasi. According to information from the specialized media Variety, the film is “an exploration of power and ambition in a world of corruption and deceit.”

‘The Student’ will also put an “American dynasty” into perspective with various real-life characters.

Among them, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s lawyer and right-hand man Roy Cohn, who will be played by actor Jeremy Strong, Emmy winner for his role as Kendall Roy in the series ‘Succession’, or the businessman’s first wife, Ivana Trump. , who will be played by Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova.

The script will be written by Gabriel Sherman, responsible for the book ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News – and Divided a Country’, which inspired the television drama series ‘The Loudest Voice’, which Russell Crow starred in in 2019.

Abbasi’s thriller ‘Holy Spider’ was Denmark’s bet for the Hollywood Academy Awards in 2023 in the best international film category, but it was ultimately not selected among the nominees.

The film also competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and follows the adventures of a journalist who investigates the story of a serial killer in Iran.

Abbasi’s career includes films such as ‘Shelley’ and ‘Border’, in addition to directing two episodes of the HBO series ‘The Last of Us’, based on the video game of the same name.

For his part, Stan received his first Golden Globe and Emmy nominations in 2023 for his role as Motley Crew musician Tommy Lee Bass in the series ‘Pam & Tommy’ and has also participated in films such as ‘The Covenant’ and various installments of Marvel’s ‘Captain America’.

EFE