Stanley Tucci plays the serial killer George Harvey in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones.
George Harvey is the neighbor who murders Susie Salmon, the teenage narrator of the film. Tucci’s performance presents Harvey as outwardly ordinary and socially unremarkable, making his concealed violence central to the story’s disturbing contrast between appearance and reality.
The film is adapted from Alice Sebold’s 2002 novel The Lovely Bones. It follows Susie from the afterlife as she watches her family grieve and attempts to understand what happened to her. Jackson’s adaptation combines crime drama, family story and fantasy imagery.
Stanley Tucci received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the role. He is sometimes confused with Mark Wahlberg, who plays Susie’s father, Jack Salmon. Michael Imperioli plays Len Fenerman, the detective investigating Susie’s disappearance.