10 Amazing Things Hidden In Se7en

3. Body Doubles

Brad Pitt Arm Se7en
New Line

Everybody knows that actor’s often have body doubles while on a movie set, either to perform risky stunts for the lead actors or to stand-in for them when they are not on set.

Actors tend to have busy schedules and are not always available for re-shoots on films as they are often hurried away once shooting wraps up to begin work on their next movie. Therefore, body doubles and look-a-likes often appear in important scenes without the viewer ever realising that the A-Lister they have been watching has been replaced.

In fact, the iconic scene at the end of Se7en features multiple shots of the lead actors’ body doubles. The bird’s eye view shot from the helicopter looking over the characters as the box arrives does not feature Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman or Kevin Spacey; instead it is of each of their body doubles.

Likewise, when John Doe is on his knees as Somerset begs Mills not to shoot the serial killer, many of the shots are of Spacey’s body double.

All that money and half the time they aren’t even there, it’s nice work if you can get it.

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