Cate Blanchett turned heads as she arrived in a stylish ensemble at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival premiere of Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice.
The Australian actress, 55, looked incredible in a black and pink figure-hugging satin gown with a daring thigh-high split and pearl detail.
She elevated her height in matching strappy heels and accessorised with dainty silver earrings as she posed for a slew of snaps on the red carpet.
The Apprentice sees Sebastian Stan play Trump during the flourishing early years of his business career, notably his working relationship with controversial lawyer Roy Cohn, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986.
Production on The Apprentice began in late November. The film follows Trump in the ’70s and ’80s as he attempts to establish his real estate empire on the back of his father Fred Trump’s properties.
Cate Blanchett turned heads as she arrived in a stylish ensemble at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival premiere of Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice
The Australian actress, 55, looked incredible in a black and pink figure-hugging satin gown with a daring thigh-high split and pearl detail
She elevated her height in matching strappy heels and accessorised with dainty silver earrings as she posed for a slew of snaps on the red carpet
The Apprentice is directed by the Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, who shot the critically acclaimed Persian-language crime thriller Holy Spider, released in 2022.
Succession star Jeremy Strong, who will portray disgraced — and eventually disbarred — lawyer Roy Cohn, will be prominently featured as the younger Trump’s mentor. He was later disbarred in 1986 for defrauding a dying client.
Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova plays Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump in her younger years.
Variety initially reported that the film’s title would be The Student, adding that a logline for the forthcoming film described it as ‘an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit.
‘It’s a mentor-protégé story that charts the origins of an American dynasty. Filled with larger than life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.’
Sebastian Stan (left) and Jeremy Strong (right) as Donald Trump and Roy Cohn in Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice
The screenplay for the film was written by Gabriel Sherman, who authored the 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News – and Divided a Country.
The book was subsequently adapted into the 2019 Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice.
Trump has been spoofed for decades on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, with actors including Alec Baldwin, Darrell Hammond, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam and the late Phil Hartman playing the role at different points.
The former US President remains battling multiple legal cases in multiple states as he remains the favorite to garner the Republican presidential nomination next year.
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