00:00The Apprentice, which stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump,
00:03stunned the Cannes Film Festival during its highly anticipated premiere.
00:07The movie explores Trump's rise to power in 1980s America
00:10under the influence of the firebrand right-wing attorney Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong.
00:16Several shocking moments late in the film drew an audible gasp from the Cannes premiere crowd,
00:20including a scene depicting Trump's alleged sexual assault of his first wife, Ivana,
00:25and a surgery room sequence showing Trump getting liposuction.
00:28Following the screening, the Cannes crowd gave the film a nearly eight-minute standing ovation.
00:33During the movie's press conference at the festival,
00:35filmmaker Ali Abassi responded to the Trump campaign's threat to sue.
00:39Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people.
00:42They don't talk about his success rate, though, you know?
00:46The team behind the film says they encouraged the Trump campaign to actually see the movie.
00:51The director also shared what he thinks Trump would think of the film.
00:53I think he would be surprised, you know?
00:56And I, you know, like I said before, like, I would be happy.
01:01I would offer him to go and meet him wherever he wants
01:05and talk about the context of the movie, have a screening, and have a chat afterwards.
01:09As for the reviews so far, critics are praising Strong and Stan for their performances,
01:14with The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney calling them both superb.
01:17For much more on this story, head to THR.com.
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