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Shocking reason Sebastian Stan had to cancel his Actors on Actors interview after no star wanted to take part

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Updated 07:55 21 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 11:29 20 Nov 2024 GMT

Shocking reason Sebastian Stan had to cancel his Actors on Actors interview after no star wanted to take part

The actor made the revelation during a recent screening for his new movie, The Apprentice

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Sebastian Stan has revealed why he didn't take part in Variety's most recent Actors on Actors segment.

Stan has previously featured on the series, chatting with Friends alum Jennifer Aniston.

In their discussion, which was released two years ago, Aniston said that Stan would have been 'great' on the well-loved sitcom and compared him to Joey Tribbiani.

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But Stan said he 'always came closest to Chandler', played by the late Matthew Perry, when he discussed it with his own pals.

"I get very, sort of, neurotic," he shared, "and I used to just die laughing."

Sebastian Stan recently had to cancel an 'Actors on Actors' appearance (JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images)
Sebastian Stan recently had to cancel an 'Actors on Actors' appearance (JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images)

The Marvel star was supposed to star on Actors on Actors for a second time, but he was forced to cancel his appearance.

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The reason why? Politics.

Speaking at a recent screening for his upcoming movie The Apprentice (where the 42-year-old plays a young Donald Trump), Stan explained the situation to the audience.

"I had an offer to do Variety's Actors on Actors this Friday, and I couldn’t find another actor to do it with me because they were too afraid to to go and talk about the movie," he said.

"It doesn't matter, that's okay," Stan continued, "that's not to point a finger at anybody. [...] That's not pointing at anyone specifically.

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"We couldn't get past the publicist - the people representing them - because they were too afraid to talk about this movie."

He went on: "That’s when I think we lose the situation. Because if it really becomes like that fear or that discomfort to talk about this, then we’re really going to have a problem."

In an comment to UNILAD, Variety Co-Editor in Chief Ramin Setoodeh confirmed that what Stan said was right.

He told us: "What Sebastian said is accurate. We invited him to participate in Actors on Actors, the biggest franchise of awards season, but other actors didn’t want to pair with him because they didn’t want to talk about Donald Trump."

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Trump himself has spoken out on the film about him, and he doesn't seem to be in favor of it.

Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, the president-elect said: "A FAKE and CLASSLESS Movie written about me, called, The Apprentice (Do they even have the right to use that name without approval?), will hopefully 'bomb'."

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Trump continued in the scathing post: "It's a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job, put out right before the 2024 Presidential Election, to try and hurt the Greatest Political Movement in the History of our Country.

"My former wife, Ivana, was a kind and wonderful person, and I had a great relationship with her until the day she died. The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it."

Basically, I don't think Trump will be rushing to watch The Apprentice in the theater...

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/MaggieMinLA

Topics: Celebrity, Donald Trump, Film and TV, Politics, Sebastian Stan

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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