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‘The Apprentice’ Producer Lifts The Lid On “Excruciating” Few Months Navigating Trump Threats & Financier Exit


It's been a hell of a ride so far for the producers of controversial Donald Trump movie The Apprentice. We spoke to one of them.

The movie about Trump’s rise to power debuted to acclaim at Cannes but became bogged down by legal threats from the former President who took exception to the material. Then producers had to deal with main financier Kinematics — backed by Trump supporter Dan Snyder — wanting to exit the movie. DEADLINE: Is it fair to say that the scene in which Donald Trump rapes his first wife Ivana has been most contentious and has irked the former President the most?

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