Sebastian Stan can thank oodles of noodles for helping him bulk up for his biggest role to date.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe star revealed in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly that he gorged on ramen and soy sauce to “puff up” his face to play Donald Trump in the upcoming film “The Apprentice.”
“We were getting closer to shooting and hadn’t agreed on the prosthetics,” he told the outlet in promotion of the film, due to hit U.S. theaters on Oct. 11. “That’s when [director Ali Abbasi] said, ‘Maybe you should start gaining weight in your face because you’re older now, so your cheeks are more hollow, and it’s not Marvel.”
The heartthrob, known for his role as Bucky Barnes in the “Captain America” franchise, said a nutritionist advised him that high levels of sodium would puff up his face: “He was like, ‘What I need you to do is get ramen, add a bunch of soy sauce, and start having that.’”
The salt-soaked, carb-heavy snack seemed to have done the trick.
Abbasi said nailing Trump’s look during his 1980s rise in New York City was a “narrow path to navigate,” revealing that if Stan wore “10 percent more” prosthetics it would “look like Saturday Night Live,” but if he wore 10 percent less it would “just be Sebastian in a wig.”
Based on the origin story of the Manhattan real estate mogul-turned-polarizing political figure, “The Apprentice” also stars Emmy-winning “Succession” star Jeremy Strong as the future president’s then-image conscience mentor, Roy Cohn.
Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova portrays Trump’s first wife, Ivana — who claimed in her 1990 divorce deposition that he once raped her during their marriage. That alleged incident is dramatized in the controversial film.