Mark Wahlberg Talks 'Lovely Bones'
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Mark Wahlberg, who stepped in at the last minute to play the anguished father in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, told reporters that he found the role a challenge but welcomed the chance to observe filmmaking by the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings helmer.
In the movie, based on Alice Sebold's novel, Wahlberg plays Jack Salmon, the father of Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered and watches from heaven how the crime affects her parents and family. Wahlberg joined the production days before it started, after original cast member Ryan Gosling dropped out.
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