Se7en’s John Doe Was First Offered To This Oscar Nominee — cinemablend.com

With his new film Gone Girl set to hit theaters soon, director David Fincher recently took part in a BAFTA event, and during the proceedings he revealed that the John Doe role in Se7en was almost played by Ned Beatty. According to Screen Daily, the Deliverance star was actually the director's first choice, and that screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker was in complete agreement about the choice. A big part of this is because they saw Beatty has having a resemblance to the Zodiac killer (funny since Fincher would later go on to make Zodiac). Unfortunately, this idea hit a dead end when Fincher sent Beatty the script. His response? "I can’t do this. This is the most evil thing I’ve ever read."

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