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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones star, Jamie Campbell Bower sat down with Collider and talked about working with Lily Collins, fans reactions to him playing Jace, and so much more.

The interview was conducted in Toronto this past October. The cast wrapped filming the movie in the middle of November Highlights from the interview can be found below..

On testing with Lily: “Lily and I just automatically clicked and these two characters just came out of us and it was like we had known each other for years, it was so weird. We watched back the camera tests… gosh, when we first started shooting, so maybe three months ago. And we both looked — I was bloated, I was fat, I’m surprised anybody wanted me to walk into that room and we’re both in completely different places, but this connection was there and that’s an amazing, amazing thing to have.”

On fan reactions to him playing Jace:  I think at the beginning I was very much aware of what was being said, whether it be positive or negative; predominately negative. That’s something that you’ve gotta deal with.

I have to appreciate the fact that this is a series of books that people have already encountered and people, like you said, will already have preconceived notions about who the characters are and I have to respect that and be able to bring some of those qualities that they believe the character to have to the movie, while still sticking true to how I feel.”

To read the full article click here. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones hits theaters August 23!