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You look like an athlete when you're running down the street in this. Are you athletic in real life?
Rose McIver: "I run, so that was semi-natural for me. And the first kind of few times we were shooting I was like, 'Yes, this is cool! This is fun,' and then after about take 20 I was pretty over it. But no, I do run in my own time. I'm incidentally sporty, but I'm not a soccer player at all, so you'll notice the soccer doesn't really show me onscreen.

Minimal - it’s minimal."

You actually take a lot of time off between projects, don't you?

Rose McIver: "Yes, absolutely. I'm studying at the moment. I'm at university, so that keeps me pretty occupied. I just finished my second year there doing linguistics and psychology, and I kind of just work when there's work and keep busy otherwise."

Have you seen the film with an audience?

Rose McIver: "I have. The London premiere was the first time that I saw it with an audience. I’d seen the screening beforehand, but I took my mom and dad to the premiere there, which was wonderful."

How was the experience of watching it with an audience?

Rose McIver: "Well for me it was only the second time that I’d seen the finished product, so I think really I was still ingesting a bit of it myself. I think probably the next time I watch it I’ll be able to see the audience’s reaction a little more."

Do you normally watch films you're in?

Rose McIver: "I can kind of just, you know, separate myself from the work quite well.

So yes, I do tend to - especially if it’s something like The Lovely Bones, which I'm so proud to have been a part of."

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The Lovely Bones hits theaters in wide release on January 15, 2010.