In the world of behind-the-scenes hullabaloo, Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones is purported to have hit a snafu big enough to halt the production for a while, as Jackson is apparently arguing with his art director about how to properly depict heaven, a major location in the story. This is after Ryan Gosling left the project a few days before filming and had to be replaced with Marky Mark. Then there's a recent quote from Susan Sarandon that could be interpreted a number of ways.
"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 jewelery and nails and liquor. I don’t think I ever talk without a cigarette and a drink in my hand."
"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 audience."
It's likely more self-deprecation than anything else, but scandalous types are suggesting it's a subtle jab. We'll likely hear more soon, as the crew is on break settling creative differences.
Go behind the scenes of Peter Jackson's King Kong.
Watch Susan Sarandon talk about Speed Racer.
Watch Mark Wahlberg furrow his brow in the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening.
