Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and co-star Maria Bakalova speak to IndieWire at the NYC premiere of 'The Apprentice.'

Recalling his initial reaction to the role, Stan tells Entertainment Weekly his first thought was, "How the hell am I going to do this?" His friends and family also had concerns:

While speaking with reporters on the red carpet, Stan shared that the timing of the film is "fortuitous" Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong are finally premiering their new movie about Donald Trump. On Tuesday,

Sebastian Stan chats with ET about his transformation to play former President Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice,’ in theaters Oct. 11.

The actor will appear on the big screen as a former president and a Marvel superhero in the coming months, which he filmed around the same time.

Sebastian Stan says he dismissed "misconceptions, misinformation" about Donald Trump when playing the former president in "The Apprentice."

Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic is not, despite the title, about the former president’s star-making TV series but his earlier life, rising from obscurity in his family real estate business in

The Apprentice has been in the works since 2018, while Donald Trump was president, however, it wasn’t until last fall that the movie was filmed. Jeremy Strong (who is best known for his role in the Succession cast) plays American lawyer Roy Cohn alongside Stan's Trump in the movie, and he shared these thoughts about it with Entertainment Weekly:

Ahead of 'The Apprentice's Oct. 11 premiere, Jon Stewart swooned over Trump actor Sebastian Stan on 'The Daily Show'.

Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star in "The Apprentice," a film about Donald Trump's early years and his mentor Roy Cohn. After a controversial Cannes premiere and threats of legal action from the Trump campaign,