Sebastian Stan struggled to leave his Trump mannerisms which he learned while playing the former president in The Apprentice.
His upcoming movie, The Apprentice, in which he plays Donald Trump, will be released on October 11. His next movie, Thunderbolts, will be released in May 2025, and he will reprise his role as Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier.
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While talking to British GQ in an interview, Sebastian Stan recalled how he worked hard on dropping his Trump mannerisms when he went on to work for Marvel's Thunderbolts after filming The Apprentice.
"I went off to Marvel after (The Apprentice). And we were doing scenes, and I would do something, a thing or two, and be like, 'F**k! This is still living somewhere.'"
Stan had to gain 15 pounds over two months to play the former President. However, the project on The Apprentice came so close to overlapping with the Marvel film that he barely had any time to get a superhero fit, and the production was postponed due to Hollywood strikes.
"I am f***ing 41, I just worked pretty hard to get in shape here."
Sebastian Stan on how he prepared himself to play Donald Trump
While discussing how he prepared himself to play Donald Trump in The Apprentice, Sebastian Stan mentioned that he had to gain 15 pounds in over two months. During his recent appearance on Graham Norton, Sebastian said,
"I also had to put on weight to play him so for a month and a half I just ate ramen with soy sauce, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Coca-Cola. It was a very interesting experience."
While discussing the controversy around taking on the role, Sebastian noted that many people questioned and said, "Why do this," but every time someone told him not to take on the role, he could only think about doing it.
Stan will be seen playing the younger version of Trump in the 1970s and 1980s as the former president attempts to build his real estate empire on the back of his father Fred Trump's properties. Stan said he had "tremendous trust" in the director Ali Abbasi and his vision and believes that it is an important story to tell.
When he got the role, his reaction was to "research the f***" out of it, "commit" to it, and "surrender" himself to the story.
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