Exclusive: Amanda Seyfried On Playing Marion Davies In David Fincher's Mank

Coming out this week on Netflix is Mank, acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher’s upcoming black-and-white biopic drama starring Oscar winner Gary Oldman as Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz. Directed by David Fincher from a script written by Jack Fincher, Mank made its debut in select theaters in November, and will be available for global streaming on December 4.

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles.

Oldman will be joined by Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Lily Collins as Rita Alexander, Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst, Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz, Arliss Howard as Louis B. Meyer, Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg, Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf, Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer, Sam Troughton as John Houseman, Toby Leonard Moore as David O. Selznick, Tom Burke as Orson Wells, Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiewicz and Monika Gossmann as Fraulein Freda.

Best known for her roles in several films such as Mean Girls, Alpha Dog, Mamma Mia!, Dear John, In Time, Les Misérables, Ted 2, First Reformed, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and the TV series, Big Love, Seyfried plays Davis, who had met newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and became his mistress. Hearst took over management of Davies' career and promoted her as a motion picture actress. Seyfried recently spoke with BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales about playing Davies and working with David Fincher.