14-year-old cast as ‘Bones’ victim
Move over, Linda Blair and Dakota Fanning.
Newcomer Saoirse Ronan has been cast as Susie Salmon in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of “The Lovely Bones.” The latest entry in a canon of high-profile and disturbing film roles for young girls is that of 14-year-old Salmon, who is raped and murdered by a seemingly friendly neighbor in the haunting bestseller by Long Beach author Alice Sebold.
Salmon observes her family after her death as they work through various stages of grief. Ronan (whose first name is pronounced “Seer-sha”) joins Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling, who play her mother and father in the film.
The DreamWorks picture is scheduled to begin filming in October in Pennsylvania and New Zealand.
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