How Canadian co-pro 'The Apprentice' overcame Trump's threats to block film's release
TORONTO - A controversial film about the rise of Donald Trump is coming out this week, despite his campaign calling it “election interference by Hollywood elites” and threatening to file a lawsuit.“It makes me giggle a little bit because I definitely don't feel like a Hollywood elite here in Canada,” said Toronto-based Daniel Bekerman, lead producer of "The Apprentice."The movie earned acclaim when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May, but struggled to find a distributor after facing legal threats from Trump, who took issue with the material. The Canada-Ireland-Denmark co-production, shot in Ontario, hits theatres Friday via domestic distributor Mongrel Media.The drama directed by Ali Abbasi stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump at the beginning of his real estate career under the guidance of infamous New York lawyer Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong. It contains numerous contentious scenes depicting Trump taking diet pills, undergoing scalp-reduction surgery and, most disturbingly, raping his…
14 Oct 04:00 · iNFOnews.ca