Sebastian Stan Fan

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Note: For the accompanying photoshoot images click here: Session # 170 -Andrew Zaeh, for the screencaps of the behind the scenes click here: Photoshoot: Deadline Distruptors [Behind the Scenes] (2026), for the video click here.

In Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Sebastian Stan returns to his Romanian roots with a story that forces us to examine our prejudices, our assumptions, and the treatment of immigrants. Starring opposite Renate Reinsve, Stan once again plunges into a risky, thorny role with a look that belies his MCU star status. As he prepares for both fatherhood and playing a supervillain in The Batman: Part II, he’s focused on being one of the good guys.

Sebastian Stan has been thinking about men. He’s been reading a lot on the subject; studying it, if you will. What makes a good man? How can we support children and young people? What should we do about social media? All this prep is for a role of sorts, but not an acting one. Soon, he and his partner, actor Annabelle Wallis, will welcome their first child.

“I want to be a good dad,” he says simply.

We’re discussing his latest film Fjord, which will premiere in Competition at Cannes. Stan plays a man forced to contemplate his own value as a father and as a man — an experience that must now seem serendipitous, given the timing of his personal life.

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