Around the time Ali Abassi was first offered Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice in 2018, the Iranian-born Danish director couldn’t actually enter the US due to Trump’s infamous travel ban.Warning: This story contains language some readers may find offensive.After jumping through numerous hoops, Abassi was granted entry… temporarily.”I thought it was quite funny having gone through all this, and I was saying, ‘If I leave the country, I can’t get in again’,” Abassi told The Screen Show’s Jason Di Rosso.”So maybe I can do this on Zoom. The first feature directed from Zoom.”The Apprentice is the semi-biographical story of Donald Trump’s ascension through New York’s real estate scene in the 80s, and his relationship with lawyer/mentor Roy Cohn. Since its premiere at Cannes in May, it has been a lightning rod for controversy.Jeremy Strong plays ruthless lawyer Roy Cohn alongside Sebastian Stan’s Donald Trump in The Apprentice. (Supplied: Madman Entertainment)With an election looming,…
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