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‘The Apprentice’: Jeremy Strong On How He Approached Roy Cohn “Without Gilding Anything” In A Role He Almost Turned Down
'The Apprentice': Jeremy Strong on "not gilding anything" in his approach to Trump lawyer Roy Cohn, a part he almost turned down
Playing Donald Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn in Ali Abbasi ’s The Apprentice is not the first time Jeremy Strong has tackled recent American history. While the actor feels a slight discomfort discussing acting choices for a film whose main subject “poses such a clear and present danger to you and I,” Strong is no less proud of the work. STRONG: I remember reading an interview with Dustin Hoffman years ago where he said, “The question that you have to ask is, ‘How is this character in trouble?’” And Roy Cohn just had so much pain underneath the… I wouldn’t even call it a facade because it was pretty well integrated into who he was.
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