Stanley Tucci 'tried to get out of' The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson's 2009 movie starred Saoirse Ronan as a 14-year-old girl who is murdered by her neighbour George Harvey, played by Tucci. But The Hunger Games star, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance admitted in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight that he tried to back out of playing the killer. "I asked Peter Jackson why he cast me in that role. I tried to get out of playing the role, which is crazy because I needed a job. But I was like, 'Why do you want me?' And he said, 'Because you're funny…”