Charles Dance plays newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst in Mank.
Dance appeared as prison doctor Clemens in Fincher’s first film Alien3 (1992):
“First of all, I’m a huge fan of his. And I don’t say that about all directors that I’ve worked with. But when I first worked with David, the minute he walked onto the set and started to talk, I thought ‘right, this guy is clever'”.
“Mank”: Charles Dance im Interview
CINEMA-Magazin (YouTube)
November 13, 2020
The Fincher Analyst 