Why detective Mills keeps telling a woman to "eat"?

In this movie Se7en, detective Mills kicks open John Doe's door against detective Somerset's decision:

Somerset repetitively tells Mills they need a legal reason to knock on that door.

But Mills recruits a woman who makes a false statement which serves as the legal reason for the two detectives to be there.

When Mills gives this woman some money, he keeps telling her: You eat, you eat.

Why?

Best Answer

This may be a subtitle/translation issue.

As I recall, the vagrant signs a somewhat false statement and is given money with the comment...

"You get something to eat."

This is to indicate that the vagrant should not spend the money on alcohol but rather on food.

This would seem to be at odds with the original script which had this line instead..

      The policeman nods.  Mills grips the vagrant and leads him down
      the stairs in a hurry, around a bend.  Mills looks up to be sure
      they're out of the policeman's sight, takes out a wad of cash and
      shoves it in the vagrant's pocket.

                             MILLS
              Go drink yourself happy.

Presumably this was to "lighten up" the character of Mills to a slight extent.

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Was mills wife head in the box?

Se7en ends with a devastating big reveal, as it turns out Doe has decapitated Mills' pregnant wife and her severed head is what's in the box. With Mills distraught and overcome with grief, Doe taunts him further, revealing that Tracy was pregnant.

Is there an alternate ending to seven?

The DVD contains an alternate ending which features alternate takes of some scenes. It shows the delivery guy also hand Somerset the truck registration. Afterwards, a wide shot of Mills is shown when John Doe reveals Mills' wife was pregnant, instead of the close up.

What is the twist in seven?

Se7en ends on a twist where serial killer John Doe reveals he's murdered Tracy (Gweneth Paltrow), the pregnant wife of detective Mills (Brad Pitt). Mills had no idea she was pregnant, and after the reveal cannot stomach the fact that his entire future and dream life has been slaughtered.

Is seven based on a true story?

Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker was inspired by the brutal conditions of New York City, where he lived. He says in the commentary that he could walk down the street and observe one of the Seven Deadly Sins without even trying. 2.

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