‘The Brutalist,’ the Best Movies at the New York Film Festival, and ‘The Apprentice' With Sebastian Stan!

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Sean shares a recap of the best movies he caught at the 62nd New York Film Festival, including the heavy hitters at this upcoming Oscars, the latest installations from old masters and personal favorites, and the biggest surprises of the festival (1:00). Then, Ringer writer and ‘Press Box’ host Bryan Curtis joins to share the myriad successes and failures of ‘The Apprentice,’ Ali Abbasi’s character portrait of early Donald Trump’s rise to power in the New York real estate world and his complex relationship with lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn (50:00). Then, Sebastian Stan, who portrays Trump in the film, joins (1:30:00) to discuss how he chooses projects, what attracts him to playing characters who transform, and the long journey to getting ‘The Apprentice’ in theaters. They also discuss his work in ‘A Different Man,’ Aaron Schimberg’s new A24 movie about an aspiring young actor who undergoes a procedure to drastically alter his appearance in the hopes of improving his career prospects. Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Bryan Curtis and Sebastian Stan Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Video Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know that scientific studies have found most people lie once every 10 minutes?
0:09.0	In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about the lies they tell from faking illnesses in high
0:16.5	pressure moments to making up stories on national TV. From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.
0:26.0	Listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. casts. I'm Sean Fennesey and this is the big picture a conversation show about
0:50.2	Donald Trump and New York and where they meet on film.
0:53.6	We have an action-packed episode today.
0:55.8	Let me tell you all about it.
0:56.7	Later in this episode, I'll be talking with Sebastian Stan
0:59.4	about his two wildly different and impressive performances
1:02.4	and two wildly different movies out this month. The first is a different man,
1:06.0	Aaron Schimberg's complex eerie character study. The other you may have heard of,
1:10.1	it's The Apprentice, it's one of the discussion topics of today's
1:13.1	episode it is a movie in which Stan plays Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi's film
1:16.6	perhaps you've heard of Donald Trump this is a complex movie I've got some strong
1:20.7	thoughts on it I know Brian Curtis our guest does as well.
1:23.0	Stan is best known for his work in Marvel movies, but he's quietly amassing this amazing resume
1:28.0	for what I'll call the character leading man. Stan's a fellow 42 year old-old going through it, like myself.
1:33.7	So we had a frank and interesting chat about his work and his career.
1:36.3	I hope you will stick around for that and stick around for my chat with Brian Curtis about the
1:39.3	movie.
1:40.3	But first I want to talk to you about some special movies I had the chance to see last week at the New York Film Festival.
1:45.0	It's an interesting festival. I only spent a week there. It's usually about three weeks long.
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