TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz "Met" His Famous Grandfather for the First Time Thanks to 'Mank'
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hollywoodreporter.comBen Mankiewicz, TCM host and grandson of the eponymous Mank, was brought to tears just from seeing the title card of the Netflix movie.
He was born 14 years after Herman Mankiewicz died, but the name still holds weight for Ben and his relatives. "The word 'Mank' was uttered, I don't know, 81 times [in the film]," he says. "Nearly every member of this family has been called 'Mank.' It was legitimately a surreal and moving experience." The film follows Herman Mankiewicz's career and his work on the script of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
But some aspects of the movie were altered, Ben says, to enhance the narrative. "The 1934 race for governor was not a significant part of my grandfather's life.
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