Lily Collins Talks Intense Training for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

In a recent interview with Static Media, Lily Collins talks about her training for her role as Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.


You mentioned training. What did you do?

I trained with a personal trainer for three months prior to filming, and I’ve always been a physical person. I love fitness and stuff, so that wasn’t the hardest part. We did stability and strength training and endurance training, and then with the stunt department, it was the same stunt department who had done Mirror, Mirror. So I really felt close to them, I knew them really well. We did sword fighting, acrobatics, aerial work, mortal combat, martial arts, every day, leading up to filming as well as getting up at maybe 4:30, 5 in the morning before filming to go in the gym and we all went through it together, so we would just get up early and just look at each other and be like, I can’t believe this.

Are you fearless like your character?

I would like to think that I am feisty and fearless. My mom and I travelled to many countries when I was growing up, and I have jumped off a cliff in Paraguay, and jumped off a cliff to go swimming, and I swam with sharks. So, I would like to think that I have done some things. I think I like to take risks, not be unsafe, but like take as many risks as I can.

Are you good in unexpected dangerous situations?

I’ve done enough martial arts training now and I think I would be kind of good in a situation but I try not to put myself in dangerous situations. I think having been able to play some of the characters that are strong females who get thrown into these positions and have to act quickly and I think I have learned kind of a lot from those characters. And also my best friends and the women that surround me in general, are all really strong females in their own way, and witty as well as physically strong. So I think it’s also about how you handle them intellectually and mentally, and if you go through something traumatic, how do you pick yourself up afterwards? That takes a lot of strength as well.

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Witness Clary's Art at her Official Pinterest Page

Sony has been pretty busy bringing the minds of our favorite Mortal Instruments charater to life. First, they have created a Tumblr page for Simon and his band. You can check it out here. Now, they have shown the world how talented Clary is with her art works. You can see some of her artistic works at http://pinterest.com/claryfrayart/. Here are just some of her works:

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Harald Zwart on Working with City of Ashes

Director Harald Zwart will resume his role as director to the sequel of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, City of Ashes. In a recent interview, he expressed his eagerness to work on the movie:

On directing the sequel:

That the producer and studio begin on a sequel before the first has had a première, meaning they feel convinced that the film lives up to the expectations we have created in this important audience, and then some. That I have had an opportunity to do the sequel, is something I’m both proud and grateful for,” he told Aftenposten.

Being part of the TMI franchise:

 ”To be allowed to participate in establishing a franchise , which they call the series of films, is something most people dream of, but few get the opportunity. So I am very excited about the opportunity I now have,”  he told f-b.no.com.

On working with author Cassandra Clare:

“She used the time to explain how important it was to her that it was Harald who was directing,” he told vg.no.com.

On working with cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen on the sequel:

“I want to have him on the next well. But it’s early in the process, so we have not come that far yet. I do not even know if he can, he is a sought-after photographer,” Zwart told Aftenposten.

“We chose the movie because it gives much better film on the silver screen than digital production,” Zwart told Aftenposten.

“Of course it will premiere in Fredrikstad! It ensures I always to be included in the contracts. And the producers and the actors love it,” he told Aftenposten.

 Thanks TMI Source for the tip.

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UK Poster of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Mother's Day Pic from Sony

Here is the UK poster of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and a promotional pic released by Sony in commemoration of Mother's Day across the globe.

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Magnus Character Poster Plus Simon in a New Movie Still

Good news shadowhunters! Sony has released a new character poster, this time it's Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn. On the other hand, a new still for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie was also released by Sugar Scape. Take a look at them below:

For the complete character posters from TMI: CoB, check them out here. For the stills, see them at this post.

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