One of the big set pieces in Mank (2020) occurs when a drunk Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) shows up to Hearst Castle unannounced and crashes a dinner party being thrown by media giant William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance). Among the many guests around the table is Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried), the Hollywood actress who was also Hearst's mistress. In a new cover story on the film for Total Film magazine, Dance reveals the Mank team performed over 100 takes of the dinner party scene. "We did take after take after take after take," Dance said. "And Gary [Oldman] said to David Fincher at one point, 'David, I've done this scene a hundred fucking times.' And Fincher said, 'Yeah, I know, but this is 101. Reset!'" Amanda Seyfried stated, "It was definitely hard," about filming so many takes of the scene. Seyfried further explained, "But at the same time, it's like theater in that you have the luxury of really nailing the tone and the emotion. It does feel like Ricomincio da capo (1993), in a way, but that's how he captures things that most people don't."

Film

Nessun dato in archivio