Sebastian Stan labored exhausting to maintain Donald Trump out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor stated this week he struggled to drop mannerisms he realized whereas taking part in the previous president in The Apprentice when he arrived on set of the MCU’s Thunderbolts.

Stan performs Trump in Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, set for launch Oct. 11. The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney referred to as the efficiency “glorious,” saying the actor goes “past impersonation to seize the essence” of Trump.

In Thunderbolts, set for launch in Might 2025, Stan will reprise his position as Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier.

“I went off to Marvel after [The Apprentice],” Stan stated in an interview with British GQ. “And we have been doing scenes, and I might do one thing, a factor or two, and be like, ‘Fuck! That is nonetheless residing someplace.’”

Stan additionally shared his routine for gaining weight on The Apprentice: consuming Coca-Colas and consuming plenty of peanut butter and jam sandwiches. The end result labored for stepping into character as a younger Donald Trump, however made the transformation again into superhero for Thunderbolts quite difficult. Plus, filming for each motion pictures was affected by the writers and actors strikes, which meant Stan went durations of gaining and dropping pounds just for filming schedules to be postponed or modified.

“I’m fuckin’ 41,” Stan stated of the back-and-forth. “I simply labored fairly exhausting to get in form right here!”