John Nania, Sebastian Stan's stunt double, has revealed Mark Hamill wants Stan as a recast Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. Lucasfilm has always been wary of recasting characters, blaming the Han Solo recast on Solo: A Star Wars Story's box office failure. The debate on recasting legacy characters has recently resurfaced, though, after Andor recast the character of Bail Organa due to original actor Jimmy Smits not being available. 1e2h5e

Sebastian Stan received his first-ever Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Donald Trump in the biopic The Apprentice. The movie, which released in the US in October 2024, follows a young and eager Trump who goes under the apprenticeship of Joseph McCarthy's former chief counsel, Roy Cohn, in the 1970s and '80s. After premiering at Cannes, the film struggled to secure US distribution, and one of its own investors reportedly tried to bury it. Even after release, Stan found himself unable to participate in Variety's Actors on Actors series, because no publicist wanted their client across from him.

Sebastian Stan is officially an Academy Award nominated actor after starring in two critically-acclaimed 2024 movies. Some of Sebastian Stan's best movies include Fresh, I, Tonya, and The Martian. He is also well-known for portraying Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Stan has had an incredibly successful career, but he arguably had the best year of his career in 2024. In 2024, Stan starred in The Apprentice and A Different Man, two movies that have been applauded by audiences and critics.

Sebastian Stan's career has seen him grow from having small roles in major movies to becoming a ing player who steals the show to a legitimate star in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters. After appearing in films like The Covenant and The Education of Charlie Banks, Stan broke out with a recurring role on Gossip Girl as Carter Baizen, followed by parts in Once Upon a Time and Political Animals. It was in 2011 that he landed the role that changed his life going forward, portraying Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger, a character he's still playing today.

Following their recent Golden Globe win, I'm even more confident that the MCU has been underutilizing one of their best actors for the last 14 years. Having made his MCU debut as Bucky Barnes in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger, Sebastian Stan has consistently been one of Marvel's most solid performers. However, he has not yet enjoyed a spotlight as big as other A-list stars featured in the MCU.

Sebastian Stan has explained why his two acclaimed 2024 performances were so challenging, and confirms which one was the toughest. Stan's two movie roles in 2024 included leading the cast of The Apprentice, portraying Donald Trump in a period piece about his rise to power in the business world, and as the lead in A Different Man, about an actor suffering facial disfigurement from neurofibromatosis. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture for both movies at the Golden Globes, winning for A Different Man.

Sebastian Stan recalls having panic attacks while preparing for his controversial role, which he reveals was almost played by a woman. The Romanian-American actor is best known for his role as Bucky Barnes, also known as the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sebastian Stan's stint in the MCU as Bucky Barnes began with Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 and his most recent appearance was the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in 2021. Stan is also set to star in the MCU's Thunderbolts movie, releasing in May 2025.

The director of Sebastian Stan's controversial 2024 biopic addresses the movie not performing well at the box office. Stan appeared in the 2008 Anne Hathaway movie Rachel Getting Married and the 2010 Natalie Portman movie Black Swan, but it was 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger that proved to be his breakout performance. James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes became one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most important characters who would go on to star in many future MCU projects, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Endgame.

Sebastian Stan explains that he did not do Actors on Actors this year because no other actors would agree to do it with him. Actors on Actors is a Variety-led talk show where two acclaimed actors sit down to have a conversation with each other. Stan participated in the series two years ago, sitting down in 2022 with Jennifer Aniston. 2024 has been a good year for Stan's career, acting in both A Different Man and The Apprentice. He has generated praise and awards buzz for both films.

Sebastian Stan recently revealed that he came close to landing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in director J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot. The casting process for Kirk was under a considerable amount of scrutiny at the time, considering how iconic William Shatner's portrayal of Kirk was. The coveted role would eventually go to Chris Pine, which catapulted the actor into stardom. Stan would find massive success two years later with his role as 'Bucky Barnes' in Captain America: The First Avenger.