But Fincher cast Oldmanās manager, Douglas Urbanski (as Larry Summers in āThe Social Networkā), before he called up Oldman about another role.
Orson Welles was a genius and if everybody doesnāt know that, I donāt know what to say.āIn 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 ā āWaterworldā and āThe Scarlet Letterā ā 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.