'Pan' star Rooney Mara says she is happy to be in a movie she can show her family

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Rooney Mara says she was happy to play the warrior princess Tiger Lily in Pan because it was a movie she would be comfortable watching with her family.

"I really wanted to work with [director] Joe [Wright,] but I really wanted to be in a film that my family could see where I don't take my clothes off and I'm not getting horribly abused by someone," the 30-year-old actress told reporters in New York Thursday.

"I grew up loving fairytales and loving Peter Pan. It was just getting to go to work every day and not take yourself so seriously and just sort of play make believe. It was something really different for me, but I felt it was something I really needed and wanted to do."

Starring Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund and Levi Miller, Pan is to open in U.S. theaters Oct. 9.

Mara is best known for her work in the films The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Social Network and Trash.