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Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'
Read full article: Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'But Fincher cast Oldmanโs manager, Douglas Urbanski (as Larry Summers in โThe Social Networkโ), before he called up Oldman about another role. Orson Welles was a genius and if everybody doesnโt know that, I donโt know what to say.โIn crafting the portrait of Mankiewicz, Fincher wanted Oldman as himself. Oldman was himself once an alcoholic and, like Mank, prone to audacious gambles. Back when he was drinking, Oldman chose between two simultaneous offers โ โWaterworldโ and โThe Scarlet Letterโ โ with a coin flip. In a court filing in 2001, Fiorentino alleged that Oldman hit her with a telephone, an allegation that Oldman strongly denies.