Hollywood tried to ruin Se7en (they almost got away with it)

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If there’s one movie in Hollywood history with a truly controversial ending, it’s Se7en. Its cast is legendary, and director David Fincher practically owes his career to this film. Today, Se7en is remembered for delivering one of the most shocking plot twists of all time—but getting that sequence into the final cut turned out to be harder than making the entire movie. 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Starting from Rock Bottom 02:45 - The Studios 04:30 - The Visionary 07:20 - The Cast 10:00 - Dark days 13:20 - How Does It End? 15:28 - Would the Audience Like It? 16:14 - The Rise of the Stars Seven (often stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and John C. McGinley in supporting roles. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, Seven's narrative follows disenchanted, nearly retired Detective Lieutenant William Somerset (Freeman) and his newly transferred partner David Mills (Pitt) as they try to stop a serial killer from committing a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins.