fans of The Mortal Instruments book series can rest easy: Lily Collins, who’ll bring Clary Fray to life on screen, is just as obsessed with Cassandra Clare’s libros as tu are. (“Join the club!” she says with a laugh.) Collins, who was cast as Fray over two years ago, has been a fan of Clare’s work for quite some time. Now the story, which centers around a young girl who discovers a brand-new (to her) supernatural world, is finally coming to the big screen this summer, with a cast that includes Jared Harris and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

“The special effects and the CGI are going to be...

Miss Lily Collins sat down with Collider and talked about the passionate fans of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, working on The English Teacher (out May 17, U.S), looking adelante, hacia adelante to filming Love, Rosie and much more.

The indie dramedy The English Teacher tells the story of Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore), a 40-year-old, unmarried high school English teacher in small town Pennsylvania. With no children and no relationships to speak of, her life is uncomplicated, which is just how she likes it. Her greatest passion and her biggest fulfillment comes from helping her impressionable young...

The Hollywood Reporter: I watched The English Teacher last night and it’s a bit of a reunion for tu and [Mirror Mirror co-star] Nathan Lane.

Lilly Collins: I know! And then what’s funny is that Greg Kinnear and I just did Stuck in amor together, which comes out in June. So it’s like I took one from one movie and moved on, and then took another from another movie and moved on.

THR: So I take it tu enjoyed working with both of them?

LC: It was fun. Nathan is just such a hoot. He’s so funny. Even when the cameras aren’t rolling, he’s on. He’s so giving and he’s just a funny guy,...

01. When it comes to the work, I’m excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that’s when I don’t pay attention.

02. To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour.

03. There’s this common perception that having a famous last name is all tu need. A surname may get tu a meeting, but if there’s no talent tu won’t get the part.

04. Never once does ‘Snow White’ herself look in the mirror so she isn’t aware of her beauty o what apparently that does to people. It’s really just the queen and the prince that talk about it....

01. Lily attended the universidad of Southern California.

02. Lily has hosted several televisión shows and has been involved in actuación and modeling.

03. Younger half-sister of Simon Collins and Joely Collins, Phil Collins’s children with his first wife, Andrea Collins; and older half-sister of Nicholas and Matthew, Phil’s children with his third wife. Simon is a Canadian musician and Joely is a Canadian actress.

04. Daughter of Phil Collins and segundo wife Jill Tavelman.

05. Granddaughter of June Collins.

06. Niece of Carole Collins and Clive Collins.

07. Auditioned for the role of Snow White...