Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, a serial killer who murders Susie. Tucci stated that he had researched his role by watching documentaries and reading books by criminal profiler John E. Douglas about catching serial killers. Tucci stated that his wife, Kate, had strongly urged him not to accept his role in the film because she felt, after reading the novel, that the subject matter was "too harrowing. ''
who plays the bad guy in lovely bones
Stanley Tucci