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Netflix didn't want controversial Donald Trump biopic because "they have millions of MAGA subscribers", says director

The Apprentice director Ali Abassi has explained why Netflix didn't want to acquire the controversial Donald Trump biopic

Netflix turned down the opportunity to acquire the upcoming Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, because “they have millions of MAGA subscribers,” director Ali Abbasi has claimed. Succession ‘s Jeremy Strong also stars as infamous attorney Roy Cohn, while Maria Bakalova plays a young version of Trump’s first wife, Ivana. A synopsis for The Apprentice reads: “A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as the hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn.

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