At
Comic-Con, author Cassandra Clare talked to collider about The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones, an adaptation of one of her book series. At the
interview she talked about what she thought of the film, the actors and the
sequel.
“Collider: What did you think what you got to finally
see a cut of the film?
CASSANDRA
CLARE: I was shaking. I was so nervous. One of my best friends was there with me
‘cause we were in L.A. together. Harald
[Zwart] has always been really open. He
believes in transparency. So, he was
like, “You wanna swing by and see where it’s at?,” and I was like, “Yeah, I’d
love to! Sure!” So, I went by and my hands were literally
shaking, the whole time. Afterwards, I
turned to my friend and was like, “I thought it was good. Was it good?!
I’m not objective.” She was like,
“Oh, it’s really good! I’d tell you, if
it wasn’t good. I’d tell you to go in
there and have them fix it.”
…
Does
it feel like there’s a sense of closure at the end of the film, or does it feel
left open for the second one?
CLARE: We talked a lot about that. I think it achieves a sense of emotional
closure. These characters have gone on
an emotional journey, and they’re in a different place than they were
before. The characters have come to a
new emotional realization of who they are, but there’s not what I would call
final plot closure. There’s clearly a
sense of further mystery, further adventure and more to be explored. I’m happy with it being in that place.
Was
it reassuring to know that they’ve already greenlit the next film?
CLARE: Yeah, I know the studio has been really
excited with how the film turned out, and I know that the production company was
really thrilled. They’re barreling ahead
with movie two, which is almost unheard of.
They’re making the second movie without the first one being out. It’s really exciting that they’re building
sets and casting. The director has put
his kids in school in Toronto, where the set is. They’re moving! At some point, it becomes an engine that just
goes without you. I’m like, “Okay, this
is pretty cool! I look forward to seeing
it!”
Do
you want to stay as involved, the second time around?
CLARE: I feel like the first time around was a real
learning curve of how to be involved, in the most productive way. Now, I feel more like we have a system, so
I’m happy to be involved, in terms of that system. I didn’t know how they made movies. They gave me the first draft of the script
and I was like, “Well, here’s 75 pages of notes.” But, it’s not like a book. The script changes so much. By the time you see a second draft, you don’t
even recognize it. So, I know now not to
do that. Until I get the shooting
script, I’m going to keep my calm.
…
When
you write, do you picture specific people as the characters?
CLARE: Not real people. I have pretty clear images of what they look
like, in my head. Part of the casting process was throwing that out. I had to be like, “They’re not going to cast
people who look exactly like the people in my head because those people don’t
exist.” So, it was a matter of, “Is this
person an interpretation of that character, that I could love? Do they have a piece of that character inside
them?” I feel like all of the people who
have been cast have a piece of that character in them. Lena Headey has that really fighting spirit. Robbie [Sheehan] is a ridiculous joker like
Simon. Jamie [Campbell Bower] has that
sarcasm. Lily [Collins] has that
vulnerability. They all have a little
bit of what makes the character, the character.
CLARE: Physically, the person who most looks like
what I imagined the character to be like is Lena Headey. She comes the closest to being exactly the
way I pictured Jocelyn. Emotionally,
it’s probably Jamie and Lily who come the absolute closest to embodying Clary
and Jace. When Jamie opens his mouth and
starts talking, I’m like, “That is exactly what Jace talks like.”
Which
actors came to you to ask the most questions, and who wanted to know the least?
CLARE: Kevin [Zegers], who plays Alec, and Jemima
[West] and Godfrey [Gao] asked me lots of questions about their
characters. Jamie and Lily wanted to
really play it like their characters, who didn’t know what was going to happen
to them. Lily had already read the
books, so she knew what happened. At
that juncture, I think Jamie had read the first book, but now he’s read them
all. So, they didn’t want too much
information about what’s going to happen to them, down the road, whereas Kevin
kept coming up and being like, “Am I going to die? You’re going to kill me, right? Do I die?
Are you going to kill me?” And I
was like, “I’m not going to tell you!””
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