Stanley Tuccihas no desire to revisit one specific character.
In a recent interview withEntertainment Tonightsurrounding his new seriesCitadel, the 62-year-old actor spoke about some ofhis most memorable rolesand admitted he would not be keen to again play George Harvey, his serial-killer character in 2009’sThe Lovely Bones.
“[It] was horrible,” Tucci said of his experience with the character, who murders 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) before the latter watches her family — and her killer — from the “In-Between” after her death.
“It’s a wonderful movie but it was a tough experience simply because of the role,” he added.
Based onAlice Sebold’s 2002 book of the same name,The Lovely Bonesalso starredMark Wahlberg,Rachel Weisz,Susan Sarandon,Michael ImperioliandRose McIver.
Tucci was nominated for anAcademy Awardfor his role as the elusive Harvey, but lost the Best Supporting Actor trophy toChristoph Waltz(Inglourious Basterds) that year.
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Stanley Tucci inThe Lovely Bones(2009).Wingnut/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Tucci toldEThe tried to drop out from the role at one point: “I asked [director] 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.’ And I thought, ‘Okay.’ But I understand what he was saying.”
“I think what he meant was that I wouldn’t be too— not that I wouldn’t be serious about it, but that I wouldn’t be overly dramatic about it. That I would throw it away a bit. Which is what you have to do when you’re playing somebody who’s that awful, right? You can’t play into it. Then, you know, it’s over. Like, the movie’s over. You just have to play against it.”
While Tucci has said previously that fatherhood made him hesitant to accept the role, at the same time, he was up front with his three older children, whom he shared with late first wifeKate Tucci, about what it consisted of.
“I just say, ‘And then the girl dies and I’m the person who kills her.’ They’ll say, ‘Why do you kill her, Dad?’ and I’ll say, ‘Because he’s a very sick person. Okay, let’s go eat,’ " the actor said.
Stanley Tucci.David Levenson/Getty Images
“I think because I’m their father they just want me to be me,” Tucci said. “When I was the bad guy inKit Kittredge, my youngest daughter got really mad at me.”
And they were definitely not fans of his outward appearance for hisLovely Bonesrole.
“They saw me dressed up as Mr. Harvey,” Tucci told PEOPLE at the time. “They were like [in a high-pitched voice], ‘Oooo. That’s really disgusting.’ "
Citadelpremieres April 28 on Prime Video.
source: people.com
