Thoughtful Thursday- The Mortal Instruments Movie

There has been a lot of talk about the casting of Jace the last couple of days and like many of you, I was torn on the casting choice. That's not to say Jamie can't be Jace. I had always pictured someone like Alex P who had what I thought "the Jace" look. Yesterday any doubt I had about Jamie diminished when I read Cassie's interview w/ MTV's Hollywood Crush. I'm quoting the parts of the interview that made any worry I had subside. The bold is Hollywood Crush's questions to Cassie.

Let's get down to the nitty-gritties. Why is Jamie so perfect for Jace?

I have seen his audition tape. They sent it to me because they were so impressed with it, and they wanted to get my feedback. People have been asking me what scene he filmed. The answer is a bunch of different scenes. He did scenes where he had to be funny. He did scenes where he had to be romantic. He did scenes where he had to be angry and badass and he pulled that all off amazingly.

He auditioned with Lily, and he and Lily had incredible chemistry that sort of blazed off the scene. I'm just sitting here watching this on my computer, and you know, he was not the only person they've ever sent me to look at. I've gotten lots of headshots and this and that, and I'm watching the audition and I literally started crying because that was my Jace and Clary on the screen. And it's an incredible feeling to see that even as an audition. This is amazing. He was snarky funny where he needed to be snarky funny, and he was badass where he needed to be badass. And he and Lily were incredible together.

In fact, after all the auditions, because she's done auditions with a bunch of different actors, she wrote to the head of the studio, Clint Culpepper of Screen Gems, and she was like, 'It's Jamie. It's gotta be Jamie.' He told me that, this was before he had seen the audition, he told me that he wrote back and he was like, 'He's a rock star hipster kind of guy. Do you think he can be a badass warrior-dude, as well?' And she wrote back and said, 'That is Jace standing there. When you watch the audition you'll see what I see.'

What does it feel like to finally have Jace cast? It's been such a long process.

First, it's an incredible relief. There have been so many... There is all this stuff that goes on behind the scenes and fans are like, 'Nothing is happening.' And I'm like, 'Lots and lots of stuff is happening.' They're auditioning hundreds of guys and looking at all of these people, and nobody is quite right. It feels like the search for the Fountain of Youth—you're never going to find it. So you can't go forward with the project until Jace is signed off on.

I think another thing that people don't realize is how many people have to sign-off on something like that. There's like seven or eight producers on this movie. I don't even know who they all are. And they all have to sign-off on this. And then it has to go to Sony and the head of the studio, Amy Pascal, and she has to sign-off on Jace. So everyone has to agree that this is the right guy. Getting everyone to agree—imagine trying to get a group of eight randomly selected people to agree on something. I really was starting to think that they were never going to find a guy that everyone agrees on. Then Jamie comes along and does this blow-you-away audition. So they were like, 'Okay, this audition is amazing. We have to bring him back and test with Lily.'

Another thing that impressed me about him was that he asked—I got a message relayed to me through the studio, wanting to know what Jace would wear. He is the only actor who tested for this role who asked this.

Cassie goes on to say that he wore exactly what she told him to. Be sure to read the entire interview here. Sophie has said from the get go that she could see Jamie as Jace where I was a lot more hesitant. After reading this interview has made any reservations I had about Jamie playing Jace desolve. If Cassie says he's Jace, than he's Jace. To me, at the end of the day if she's happy with who they cast than I'm happy and I'm not worried about it anymore.

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Yesterday we along with Alyssa at The Mortal Instruments Source and Natalie with the TMI Examiner had the chance to weigh in the casting of Jace with MTV's Hollywood Crush, seen here. We were asked what our followers were saying and what our thoughts where on the casting choice.

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Now that Jamie has been cast and you've read Cassie's thoughts, are you still hesitant? Do you feel better knowing that Cassie says he's Jace? We can't wait to hear more casting news and we're looking forward to the progression of the movie being made.