CinemaWhy didn’t Denzel Washington star in Se7en? Actor responds

Se7en – The Seven Deadly Crimes (1995) is one of the greatest successes of his career. David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freemanthe film tells the story of detectives William Somersetwho prepares his retirement, and David Millstransferred from another police station. The two pursue a serial killer who is inspired by the deadly sins to commit his crimes.

Despite the duo of protagonists being approved by fans of the feature film, the role of Mills was offered to another great actor: Denzel Washington. The actor even received the written script for the feature film.

In an interview with The Independent, Fincher recalled that washington was invited even before he became the director in charge of the project. He said that the actor’s manager was the film’s producer and used that to try out for the role for his client: “I think it was kind of a bait and switch. It was like, ‘If I produce the film, you can get it. Denzel,'” recalled the filmmaker.

I was told that Denzel had read the script, didn’t like it, and that the script was then rewritten, like, 10 or 11 times to suit him. It was rewritten ad nauseam, ad infinitum, in an attempt to get him to say yes. But when I got involved, Denzel he had already passed away a long time ago.

In 2018 washington was questioned by Jamie Foxxabout having turned down a role he should have accepted, he remembered the film and cited the script by Andrew Kevin Walker: “They wanted me to play the role of Brad Pitt. I found the script very demonic. Then I saw the movie and thought, ‘Oh, I screwed up.'”