Trump’s re-election campaign has excoriated the project, calling it “pure malicious defamation” and “garbage,” and sent the producers a cease-and-desist letter.
Vanity Fair journalist Gabriel Sherman, who wrote the screenplay, draws a direct line between Cohn’s bare-knuckle tactics and Trump’s modern-day political persona.
In one graphic scene, the dramatized Trump character sexually assaults his first wife, Ivana Trump (played by Maria Bakalova), after a bitter argument.
In another notable sequence, Trump’s character goes under the knife for scalp reduction surgery and a liposuction procedure.
“You might find some of these character questions you have about Trump answered,” Abbasi said.
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