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Hilary Duff No Longer Challenged by Acting Like Self
Published 4/30/2008 at Vulture
... "I play the comic relief, an alcoholic grandmother — my first grandma — but she doesn't really seem like a real grandmother because she has a lot of hair and jewelry and nails and liquor. I don't think I ever talk without a cigarette and a drink in my hand." —Susan Sarandon on her role in The Lovely Bones [Empire] ...

Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Stops Filming Due to Creative Rift?
Published 5/1/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... when he replaced Ryan Gosling, who had gone pudgy for the role, with Mark Wahlberg. And recently, Susan Sarandon offered a little creative dissonance while on the Speed Racer red carpet to Empire… ...

'Lovely Bones' Shuts Down Over Creative Afterlife Differences [Heaven Can Wait]
Published 5/1/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... Meanwhile, at the Speed Racer premiere in London, Empire reports that Bones cast member Susan Sarandon has expressed dissatisfaction with her character. "I play the comic relief, an alcoholic grandmother - my first grandma - but she doesn't really seem like a real grandmother because she has a lot of hair and jewellery and nails and liquor. I don't think I ever talk without a cigarette and a drink in my hand." ...

Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones Hits Another Snag
Published 5/1/2008 by Michelle Graham at Film School Rejects
... More recently, Susan Sarandon (who plays Susie’s eccentric grandmother) walked Speed Racer’s red carpet, stopping to chat with Empire and giving quite the quote: ...

Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Stops Filming Due to Creative Rift?
Published 5/1/2008 at The Movie Fanatic Feeds
... when he replaced Ryan Gosling, who had gone pudgy for a major role, with Mark Wahlberg. And recently, Susan Sarandon offered a little creative dissonance while on the Speed Racer red carpet to Empire "Peter Jackson is really a nice guy and very interesting. It was really a very different way of working. We had a good time, I m really curious to see what it s like because he kept pushing me to be more and more extreme and sometimes that s when you make your big mistakes so I m not sure how it will come off - it will be interesting to see it from the point of view of the ...

Peter Jackson's ‘The Lovely Bones’ Plagued by More Hilarious Problems
Published 5/1/2008 at Vulture
... But that's not the only hilarious on-set argument currently making news! Susan Sarandon — evidently upset over the way she was directed to play her character (Susie Salmon's grandmother) as a chain-smoking alcoholic — gave Bones this ringing endorsement at the Speed Racer premiere on Tuesday: ...

Does Peter Jackson Know What Heaven Looks Like?
Published 5/2/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... art directors listed, not one, and the name of the art director was not mentioned. Basically it seemed like a rumor that had no legs. However, the rumor just may be true as the release date of March 13, 2009 has apparently been scrapped as an email came in to my Inbox today asking me to "quickly" update the release date for The Lovely Bones to "Fall 2009". Fall? That's a lot different than Spring. On top of that bit of news, Susan Sarandon chatted briefly about the film with Empire on the red carpet for ...

Lovely Bones Not Lovely Enough to Avoid Delays
Published 5/3/2008 by Michelle Graham at Film School Rejects
... and of an actress who maybe wasn’t so happy with her direction have slipped out, leaving people wondering if maybe something isn’t quite right over in Bones-town. Even early on, the production had its problems, the biggest of which was the ...