Jamie Campbell Bower
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"Mortal Instruments" actress Lily Collins has finally met her magical match in "Camelot" star Jamie Campbell Bower. Deadline Hollywood broke the news that Bower has been cast as demon-slaying Shadowhunter Jace Wayland in the big-screen adaptation of the first "Mortal Instruments" novel, "City of Bones."
Fans immediately took to Twitter to voice their reactions, with many concerned that the 22-year-old "Breaking Dawn" actor just didn't look the way they imagined the character — described as a well-built, angelic-faced warrior. Yet, for Cassandra Clare, who's penned four novels in the supernatural "Mortal Instruments" series, Bower couldn't have been a better fit for the part. "His acting of the role is perfectly spot on," she told MTV News of the audition footage producers sent her.
In fact, Clare was so moved by the performance that she broke into tears. "I literally started crying because that was my Jace and Clary on the screen," she said. Clare understands this sort of rabid (and often contentious) fan fervor, which has become par for the course for any YA novel getting the big-screen treatment. "I think this is sort of inevitable," she said. "This is what happened with 'The Hunger Games' casting. This is what happened with 'Twilight' casting. I'm old enough to remember this is what happened with the 'Harry Potter' casting. The reaction is always worried because people feel very passionately about the books, and they just don't want to see something that is going to mess it up for them."
And just as the naysaying died down after Jennifer Lawrence debuted her Katniss makeover for "Hunger Games" on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Clare has a hunch that unconvinced fans will soon see things as she does.
"I think in the same way that Jennifer Lawrence has transformed herself into Katniss, I think he will have no problem transforming himself into Jace," she said. "One of the things about being an actor is that you're a chameleon and you transform yourself. And actors have done amazing jobs transforming themselves in the past, and Jamie is really enthusiastic about the role."
Read our entire interview with "Mortal Instruments" author Cassandra Clare.
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