Sebastian Stan ate ramen and soy sauce to ‘puff up’ his face while portraying Donald Trump

Sebastian Stan has revealed he ate ramen with “a bunch of soy sauce” in preparation for his role as Donald Trump in a new biopic.

The student sees the Marvel actor play a young version of the former president as he navigates New York real estate and seeks advice from mentor Roy Cohn (Succession‘Jeremy Strong).

In a new interview with Weekly entertainment, Stan and director Ali Abbasi discussed the actor’s physical transformation into Trump.

Abbasi pointed out that they had to walk a “narrow path,” arguing that if Stan wore “10 percent more” prosthetics, it would “look like Saturday evening live“, but if he wore 10 percent less, it would be “just Sebastian in a wig.”

Stan explained: “We were getting closer to shooting and hadn’t agreed on the prosthetics yet. Then Ali said, “Maybe you should start gaining weight in your face, because you’re older now, so your cheeks are hollower, and it’s not Marvel.”

Stan said he then asked a nutritionist for advice, who said adding high levels of sodium to his diet would cause the actor’s face to swell. “He said, ‘What I want you to do is get some ramen, add a bunch of soy sauce and start eating that,'” Stan recalled.

Sebastian Stan in 'The Apprentice' and Donald Trump

Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’ and Donald Trump (Briarcliff Entertainment/Getty)

The student will be released in US cinemas on October 11.

The film initially struggled to find a US distributor or streaming deal, despite critical acclaim following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

At the time, the film’s producers believed that studios and distributors were reluctant to become involved in the project, fearing repercussions if Trump were re-elected president in November.

The biopic reportedly contains a number of unflattering scenes, including Trump taking drugs and undergoing cosmetic surgeries.

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More controversially, Trump raped his first wife Ivana, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her in a 1989 divorce decree. She later denied the accusation in 2015.

Days after the film was shown in Cannes, Trump’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter, warning producers not to pursue a distribution deal.

“We have filed a lawsuit to address the blatantly false claims made by these so-called filmmakers,” Trump campaign chief spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. The independent.

“This garbage is pure fiction that sensationalizes lies that have long been debunked. “Like the illegal Biden trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and defeat the candidate of his choice because nothing they have done has worked,” he added.

“This ‘movie’ is pure malicious slander, should not see the light of day and does not even deserve a place in the direct-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-close discount film store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.”

Producers hit back at the Trump campaign’s claims and were telling Variety that “the film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide.”