'The Apprentice' Star Sebastian Stan Says Playing Trump 'Definitely' Challenged Him

The Golden Globe-winning actor said he wanted to "offer further perspective on something we're all inevitably having to deal with" through the film.

Sebastian Stan, who stars as Donald Trump in the biographical drama film “The Apprentice,” said the president-elect was “definitely the hardest” person he’s portrayed on screen after he won a Golden Globe for his role in “A Different Man” on Sunday.

“Without a doubt, the man in orange,” said Stan when asked by Heart of Hollywood Magazine’s Sandy Rodriguez for the “most challenging” role in his career.

He said he doesn’t intend for his comment to “diminish” his win for his part in Aaron Schimberg’s dark comedy “A Different Man,” which sees him portraying a man with neurofibromatosis that affects his face before a medical treatment cures him of the rare genetic condition and he leads a new life.

Stan, who got a nod for his role in “The Apprentice” but lost to “The Brutalist” actor Adrien Brody, said “A Different Man” was a risk for him as he tried to “walk in somebody else’s shoes” who has neurofibromatosis like his co-star Adam Pearson.

“But in terms of, when I look back at my sleepless nights and the responsibility that I feel I carried, and I still feel I carry, it is ‘The Apprentice’ and wanting to do the best that I can to honor [director] Ali Abbasi’s vision and to offer further perspective on something that I think we’re all inevitably having to deal with.”