The making of 'The Apprentice,' in their words

Few movies this year have made as many headlines as “The Apprentice.”

Ali Abbasi's film about a young Donald Trump ( Sebastian Stan ) under the tutelage of cutthroat attorney Roy Cohn ( Jeremy Strong ) has caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival, been threatened with legal action by the Trump campaign and seen its chances for release dwindle before a distributor, Briarcliff Entertainment, was willing to put it into theaters.

Before “The Apprentice” arrives in theaters this weekend, The Associated Press spoke with Abbasi, Stan, Strong and screenwriter Gabe Sherman about how a very unlikely movie came together and how they hope it's received in the runup to the November election.