Meanwhile, the Romanian-born star, who moved to the U.S. at age 12, previously shared that it was his own experience as an immigrant that drew him to the role.
“What essentially started with my sort of dismissive, judgmental attitude of this guy started to shape into something bigger,” he told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, “which was not just about this guy, but also about a certain mindset and this idea of the American dream as we know it, and what is it, really?”
“I had been obsessing about it,” Sebastian continued, “since my mom, in New York City, pointed to the Twin Towers, and all around us, and said, ‘This is the promised land, this is the land of the free, this is the land of opportunity. This is where you can become someone. And I sacrificed my life for you to get here.’ And so I have always been in love with this idea. I am sort of an example of the American dream. I’ve lucked out.”
