TAKEAWAY | DID YOU KNOW ... that Ned Beatty turned down the role of John Doe in the film "Seven"?

DID YOU KNOW ... that Ned Beatty turned down the role of John Doe in the film Seven because the script was the "most evil thing" he had ever read?

Ned Thomas Beatty was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in Hollywood". His film appearances included Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Back to School (1986), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Rango (2011). Beatty was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award.

Ned Thomas Beatty, 83 years, was born July 6, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States but passed on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Before his passing, he had his active years as an actor between 1956 and 2013. Left behind eight children, Ned was married and divorced respectively to Walta Chandler (1959 - 1968), Belinda Rowley (1971 - 1979),  Dorothy Lindsay (1979 - 1998), and Sandra Johnson in 1999.

Wandering what film  SEVEN is?  

Seven (stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley. Set in a crime-ridden, unnamed city, Seven's plot follows disenchanted, near-retirement detect Courtesyive William Somerset (Freeman) and his new partner, the recently transferred David Mills (Pitt), as they attempt to stop a serial killer before he can complete a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins.

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