Seven (often stylized as Se7en) Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, and Al Pacino rejected the role. Kevin Spacey was preferred by Pitt but executives refused to pay his asking price. sloth actor Michael Reid MacKay later stated that Fincher had only told the SWAT actors that there would be "a corpse" in the scene, leading them to expect a prop, and that McGinley's shock at his movement was genuine on the first take, though McGinley recalled "acting shocked" for the shot.
Pitt and Fincher were unhappy with the car-ride scene leading into the ending because the dialogue had to be overdubbed after too much ambient sound had been picked up during filming. Pitt believed this caused the scene to lose its momentum, affecting the pacing and emotion. The helicopter scenes were also filmed in post-production because there was no time during principal photography; the studio agreed the provision of extra time and funding for additional scenes if they were deemed necessary. Because these scenes were filmed several months later than the rest of the film, the green ground had turned brown and the ground-based scenes had to be color-corrected to match the new footage.
Post-release
Home media
The soundtrack of Seven was released in November 1995; the 11-track compact disc (CD) and cassette-tape release contains several of the songs used in the film such as "Guilty" and "In the Beginning", and two pieces of the score ("Portrait of John Doe" and "Suite from Seven") but omits "Closer" and "The Hearts Filthy Lesson".
Other media
A novelization of Seven that was written by Anthony Bruno was released alongside the film in November 1995. Collider credited Seven with a contemporary resurgence in Christianity-themed, supernatural, and apocalyptic mystery films.
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