Lily Collins on 'Why Humour in THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS Sets it Apart From Other Trilogies'

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While doing press for her new movie, Stuck in Love, interviewers want to ask Lily Collins about her other upcoming movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Empire saw a bit of The Mortal Instruments footage last week, and they noticed that there is a bit of humor in movie. Lily Collins explains:

That's what Cassie wrote the book -with so much humour. And that's what's different from the other trilogies and other series of books; there's this humour and realness to it. And our director, Harald [Zwart], really wanted to keep that their because what a lot of the fans love is that humour. And that's what sets it apart -not making it a comedy but, making it have those real comedic elements to a fantasy world because if you take yourself too seriously as a full on fantasy, sometimes, the audience forgets that there's a realness to it and the characters. And I think those moments of laughter break it up; kind of make it more believable.