Susan Sarandon has admitted that the fantastical elements of Peter Jackson’s latest film The Lovely Bones did not appeal to her.

The actress stars as Grandma Lynn in the Alice Sebold adaptation, taking charge of the Salmon family after the murder of their eldest daughter Susie.

“I’m really curious to see it again because the first time you see it all you notice is the things that are missing, you can’t really enjoy it,” Sarandon said at the film’s world premiere in London.

“When I read the book I wasn’t interested in heaven or the in-between, so it was interesting to see how [Jackson] saw it. My mind didn’t go there at all, I was totally identifying with the family.”

The Lovely Bones opens in US cinemas on December 11 and January 29 in the UK.

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