<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;This week, he joins us to discuss the process of transforming into Donald J. Trump in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Apprentice &lt;/em&gt;(8:27), his personal relationship to the American dream (15:35), and the extensive research that went into recreating 1970s-1980s New York City in the film (17:27). Then, we unpack Sebastian&amp;rsquo;s Romanian upbringing (29:00), the gift of his unconventional, nomadic childhood (34:40), and what the film represents in this post-Election moment (38:30).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;On the back-half, we talk about the impact of the late director Jonathan Demme (50:45), Stan&amp;rsquo;s radical and stunning work in &lt;em&gt;A Different Man&lt;/em&gt; (55:08), what both of his new films reveal about reality (59:14), and what the silencing of &lt;em&gt;The Apprentice&lt;/em&gt;&amp;mdash;and his Actors on Actors shutout&amp;mdash;reveals about the entertainment industry (1:00:00). To close, a reflection about control and how Sebastian embraces everyday life (1:17:55).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:sf@talkeasypod.com"&gt;sf@talkeasypod.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)

DEC 15, 202476 MIN
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

The Year of Actor Sebastian Stan (‘The Apprentice’)

DEC 15, 202476 MIN

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Actor Sebastian Stan has built a career out of shapeshifting.

This week, he joins us to discuss the process of transforming into Donald J. Trump in The Apprentice (8:27), his personal relationship to the American dream (15:35), and the extensive research that went into recreating 1970s-1980s New York City in the film (17:27). Then, we unpack Sebastian’s Romanian upbringing (29:00), the gift of his unconventional, nomadic childhood (34:40), and what the film represents in this post-Election moment (38:30).

On the back-half, we talk about the impact of the late director Jonathan Demme (50:45), Stan’s radical and stunning work in A Different Man (55:08), what both of his new films reveal about reality (59:14), and what the silencing of The Apprentice—and his Actors on Actors shutout—reveals about the entertainment industry (1:00:00). To close, a reflection about control and how Sebastian embraces everyday life (1:17:55).

Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at [email protected].

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.