Director Ali Abbasi was caught off guard when he first read the screenplay for “The Apprentice,” his new movie about the relationship between New York City developer Donald Trump and cutthroat attorney Roy Cohn.
“I think I had the same initial reaction as a lot of people who watch the movie now, which is, I was surprised,” says Abassi, an Iranian-Danish filmmaker making his English-language debut with “The Apprentice.” “I was expecting it to be harsher or like a hit job, to be honest, and to rip him apart and tell me how despicable he is
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