Director David Fincher was the best thing to happen to Brad Pitt, who, even with a past Oscar nomination, was
still fighting his stereotype as a simple pretty-boy lead. In "Seven," Fincher
worked the movie star to perfection, understanding the actor's strengths
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weaknesses and infusing them into a hot-headed character who's not as smart or
cool as he thinks he is. As a cocky, newbie homicide detective, Pitt worked
wonderfully opposite a somber and darkly reflective Morgan Freeman as the two track down Kevin Spacey's famed "Seven Deadly Sins" serial
killer. Pitt had never shown such range. When he's turned into an ire-filled
mess by the film's head-in-a-box finale, it's both heartbreaking and morbidly
bleak. (Everett Collection)Close
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