For reference, Trump was very vocally against the film being made, and his attorneys reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to try and block the film’s release due to the negative way that he is portrayed in it.
Trump himself described The Apprentice as “a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job” and called everybody involved in the project “human scum,” and Sebastian previously revealed that he had faced repercussions from his industry peers for starring in it.
Back in November, Sebastian said that he was forced to drop out of Variety’s esteemed Actors on Actors series after all of the other actors taking part refused to be paired with him.
While he noted at the time that it most likely would have been the stars’ publicists denying the pairing, Sebastian also revealed that multiple people in the industry have privately praised him for the film but refused to show their support for it publicly.
