FILM · 2008
Seven Pounds
24 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Ben, played by Will Smith, stays at the Travel Inn in Los Angeles, California. The hotel had previously been used in Memento (2000).
- #002
A banana peel is a good fertilizer because it is rich in potassium. A box jellyfish can be deadly because its venom causes cellular breakdown that makes cells leak potassium, which can lead to cardiac arrest.
- #003
The film allowed Will Smith to approach a subject that had always fascinated him from a different angle: how do men overcome their traumas? How do they keep living when everything goes wrong?
- #004
Will Smith considers the film a modern love story unlike anything else, and praises director Gabriele Muccino as a master of human relationships.
- #005
Tom Hanks auditioned for the role of Ben.
- #006
Director Gabriele Muccino was drawn to the story because it tells of a mysterious personal journey that is in fact a true declaration of love. He said it tells the story of a man consumed by regret and the pain of losing someone he loves, who finds himself faced with the least expected thing: the chance to start over and live a new life, and he considers the story thought-provoking, bold, touching and full of emotion. He therefore believes that Will Smith is the only person who could give the film that much power.
- #007
Tom Cruise's son, Connor Cruise, plays a younger version of Ben Thomas.
- #008
Ben directly helps seven people: Tim, Holly, George, Connie, young Nicholas, Ezra and Emily. Counting Inez, the elderly woman Ben orders to be bathed, he helps eight people. She was not part of Ben's plan, and her name was not on his list.
- #009
Woody Harrelson's character is named Ezra, which means "help" or "assistance" in Hebrew, pointing to the events at the end of the film.
- #010
Will Smith chose Michael Ealy to play his brother in the film.
- #011
Woody Harrelson's character, Ezra, is a vegan. In real life Harrelson is also a vegan. Similarly, Rosario Dawson (Emily Posa), who is a vegetarian, notices that the film's dog, Duke, also follows a vegetarian diet.
- #012
Woody Harrelson plays Ezra Turner, a meat salesman. He had previously played another meat salesman, Mickey Knox, in Natural Born Killers (1994).
- #013
Will Smith joined the project as star and producer in June 2006, while Gabriele Muccino joined more than a year later, in September 2007. As for Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson, both joined the project in December 2007.
- #014
Will Smith and Rosario Dawson had previously appeared together in Men in Black II (2002).
- #015
Ben's decision to give Emily Posa his heart over the course of the film is two-sided.
- #016
Emily tells Ben that Great Danes live an average of 7 years and suffer from heart problems. These statements point to the film's outcome.
- #017
It was Grant Nieporte's first feature film screenplay.
- #018
Michael Ealy, who plays his older brother on screen, is in fact 5 years younger than Will Smith in real life.
- #019
Will Smith and Robinne Lee had previously appeared together in Hitch (2005).
- #020
Will Smith and Berry Pepper had previously appeared together in the film Enemy of the State (1998).
- #021
Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson later appeared together in the film Zombieland: Double Tap (2019).
- #022
The cast includes two Oscar winners, Will Smith and Octavia Spencer, and one Oscar nominee, Woody Harrelson.
- #023
The Italian censorship visa # 102287 was issued on January 2, 2009.
- #024
Will Smith and Rosario Dawson each starred in remakes of Disney films: Smith in Aladdin (2019) and Dawson in Haunted Mansion (2023).
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