Screen Rant

  • How did the same actor get cast as Charles Manson in both Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Mindhunter? 1 / 7

    Notorious cult leader Charles Manson
  • On August 28, 2018, Australian actor Damon Herriman was officially cast as Manson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 2 / 7

  • Herriman had previously appeared in Justified, and landed an audition thanks to his FX castmate and OUATIH actor Timothy Olyphant. 3 / 7

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  • On August 30, 2018, Herriman was officially cast as Manson in Netflix's Mindhunter. 4 / 7

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  • For Mindhunter, Herriman reportedly received six hours of prosthetic makeup work to appear as early '80s Manson. 5 / 7

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  • According to Herriman, Quentin Tarantino said little about Mindhunter while filming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 6 / 7

  • Herriman discovered that Manson "would kind of up the crazy elements if the interviewer was treating him like he was crazy." 7 / 7

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