The Apprentice: Donald Trump film was 'huge challenge' to release

The Apprentice, which focuses on Trump's early years as a real estate tycoon, is released this week.

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US actor Sebastian Stan portrays Trump in The Apprentice, which focuses on Trump's younger years as a real estate tycoon in New York.

The former president has threatened to take legal action against producers, describing the film as "fake and classless" and saying he hoped it would "bomb" at the box office.

The film struggled to find a distributor in the US and its director has described the process of making and releasing it as "the most challenging thing I've ever done".

The Apprentice is set in the 1970s and 80s, when Trump was beginning to make his name as a businessman in New York.

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