Trump calls ‘Apprentice’ biopic at Cannes ‘rubbish’ and intends to sue him
The day after the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “The Apprentice,” a biopic about Donald J. Trump, the former president responded to the film, calling it “malicious defamation” and threatening legal action. “This garbage is pure fiction that sensationalizes lies that have long been debunked,” said Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman. Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by author Gabriel Sherman, "The Apprentice" follows Trump (Sebastian Stan) as an ambitious young man trying to establish himself as a real estate mogul. He finds a mentor in the shrewd lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) and a first wife in model…