In the dramatic scene, Brad Pitt's Mills demands to know what's in a box delivered to him on the orders of Kevin Spacey's murderous John Doe, which Morgan Freeman's Somerset opens. Inside is the severed head of Gwyneth Paltrow's Tracy – we never see it, but it's obvious that this is the grisly discovery made by Somerset.

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Fincher's take on J.K. Rowling's beloved fantasy series would have been closer to "Withnail and I" than the movies that ultimately materialized.

The first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise were directed by Chris Columbus, the family-friendly filmmaker behind movies such as Home Alone (and

I remember saying, ‘I just don’t want to do the clean Hollywood version of it,’” Fincher told Variety. “I want to do something that looks a lot more like Withnail And I, and I want it to be kind of creepy.

David Fincher vision to direct the 'Harry Potter' franchise was rejected by Warner Bros. as it was too "creepy".