Drop Dead interviews Jamie Campbell Bower

Drop Dead, the UK based clothing company owned by British rocker Oliver Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon), did an interview with Mortal Instruments star and musician Jamie Campbell Bower.

As a big fan of both Jamie and Bring Me The Horizon, it's awesome that the two collabed for this interview. It's also fun to note that you can see Jamie wearing Drop Dead apparel at almost all of his Darling Buds gigs.

Take a look!

INTERVIEW - JAMIE CAMPBELL-BOWER

Describe yourself in 5 words…Some Kind Of Dancing Unicorn.

Highlight of the last year?Recording my bands (The Darling Buds) debut EP in Copenhagen.

What can we expect from you in the next year?Our first single comes out in the Summer. We're playing shows around the UK and the US. A new movie and possibly a video of me drinking milk.

Current inspiration?Dragons.

What’s your favourite city?London.

When you’re creating what’s your daily routine?If I'm doing a movie its normally, wake up at the crack of ass, throw on what clothes I have on the floor, get picked up then get made to look pretty and do some pretending. If I'm writing or recording its pretty much the same just without getting made to look pretty.

Top albums on rotation at the minute?Of Mice and Men - Restoring Force
A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy
and anything by The Xcerts

Burrito or burger?Burger hands down. Nothing better than some juicy bun action.

Top 3 films?The Great Escape
The Princess Diaries
How To Train Your Dragon

Pick one celebrity to Drop Dead…Anyone who refers to themselves as a celebrity.

Jamie Campbell Bower Stuns in Burberry Campaign Photos

Since filming for City of Ashes has been postponed till sometime next year, Jamie Campbell Bower who plays the fierce Jace Wayland in 'City of Bones' hasn't been sitting idle. He's been out causing a stir in the fashion world, not only making a name for himself in acting but also modeling. Daily Mail shared that Burberry has chosen Bower as one of the gorgeous faces to represent Burberry's new Spring/Summer 2014 ad campaign.

Jamie Campbell Bower manages to pull off messy hair, couture clothing, all while sporting a nose ring and still looking incredible. He makes both modeling and acting look effortless. Let's not forget about that killer smile!

Check out this behind the scenes video of Burberry's photoshoot below:

It's fantastic to see Jamie recognized for his angelic good-looks and his numerous talents. While he's off impressing the world we're all patiently waiting for him to return to TMI. Like his own life, Jace still has a story to tell!

Which ad shot is your favorite? Comment below to share your thoughts!

VIDEO: Jamie Campbell Bower and Lily Collins training for 'The Mortal Instruments'

Check out this brand new behind-the-scenes look at Jamie Campbell Bower (Jace) and Lily Collins (Clary) training for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The video can be seen below.

What do you all think of the training they went through? Let us know in the comments!

'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Ranked #1 Action & Adventure Movie on iTunes!

Fantastic job shadowhunters! 

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones has been ranked as the top action and adventure movie on iTunes!

Thank YOU Shadowhunters for making The Mortal Instruments the #1 Action & Adventure movie on @iTunesMovies! #TMIMovie http://t.co/HAQdeaKZ63
— City Of Bones (@MortalMovie) December 6, 2013

How many times have you watched the movie since you purchased the DVD or on iTunes? Feel free to leave your comments in the box below!

Stylish Talent Jamie Campbell Bower Graces Special Edition Cover of SID Magazine

'City of Bones' actor Jamie Campbell Bower shows he is anything but mundane on the cover of British SID Magazine N5. Not only does he act but he also models, and is a musician. His talents are endless and he's only beginning to share them with the world.

Bower is a rising star whose quickly stealing hearts and gaining media attention for his many abilities. Fans are awaiting his return as demon hunter Jace Wayland in the upcoming 'Mortal Instruments' sequel City of Ashes.

You can buy this special edition magazine with Jamie featured on the cover here.

The face of an angel? I certainly think so!

Comment below or tweet us @TMI_Institute to share your thoughts!

'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Now Available on Digital

The 'City of Bones' DVD/Blu-ray releases on December 3rd but you don't have to wait that long to watch it. It's now available to purchase on digital!

If you were one of the many people who had to go see City of Bones multiple times in theaters you can now buy an online copy and watch it as much as you want. Invite some friends over, pop some popcorn, and introduce them to the world of Shadowhunters and Downworlders!

Buy your digital copy now.

Have you seen the film already? Are you going to be buying it on digital or waiting for the DVD? Tell us by commenting below!

HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY, @JamieBower!!! Here's a video card for you!

GO JAMIE, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! A very, very Happy 25th Birthday to our very own Jace Wayland, Mr. Jamie Campbell Bower....

That's right, Jamie is a quarter century old... or young, in my opinion. We love him so much and adore his sense of humor, SOOOOOO I had to find a perfect fun birthday eCard to give to him. Jamie, make sure to take a look at the video and the comments under the original post below because a LOT of people have birthday wishes for you!

ORIGINAL POST:
Hey everyone! We are trying to set into motion a birthday post wishing Jamie Campbell Bower a very happy birthday on November 22!

Just take a look at this beautiful photo with Jamie and Benedict Cumberpatch... what is not to love about this guy. By the way, this photo (thanks to Getty Images) was taken at CineCity Film Festival kick-off party in Brighton... hence Jamie's tweet about going to Brighton. Anyway, that's not exactly the point.   IT'S ALMOST JAMIE'S BIRTHDAY!!!

IT'S ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY ... SO SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW ONLINE!

What I would like for all the Shadowhunters to do is to post happy birthday wishes in the comments below and share what it is you love about Jamie. It would be awesome to share a story about what having him as Jace has meant to you, what you like about him as an actor, or maybe just what having him around on Twitter means to you. 

Jamie has been there online for us, Shadowhunters, so we want to share lots of love for him.

Make the comment directed to Jamie, so we can in turn send him a link to the post and hopefully he'll see it. 

Music Monday: Jamie Campbell Bower shares new music snippets for fans

RECORDING from Jamie Bower on Vimeo.

Jamie Campbell Bower offered us a tasty treat by sharing a Vimeo of new music he is working on with Tristan Marmont and Dan Smith.

I asked the guys if they could share with us!

@tristanmarmont @Jamiebower @kebabfingers Can y'all do a tumblr snippet of some of the new stuff you are working on? I'm curious to hear it! — The Mortal Institute (@TMI_Institute) November 4, 2013

For all asking for snippets of new music material there are selections in this video. https://t.co/bK8FqRG1eq x
— Jamie Campbell Bower (@Jamiebower) November 4, 2013

What do you guys think of the band's sound!? I am a rock girl through and through, so this is right up my alley! Thanks to Jamie and the guys for sharing!

Jamie Campbell Bower Discusses 'City of Ashes'

 

Digital Spy recently spoke with 'Mortal Instruments' star Jamie Campbell Bower at the launch event for BT TV's partnership with Curzon Home Cinema about the future of the franchise. Jamie had this to say about Constantin moving forward with the production, "We have seen a lot of [those films] flounder, and so if Constantin feel comfortable to move on to the next Mortal Instruments film, I'm happy for that." 

Bower admits that while being part of a huge franchise is great connecting with fans is what it's all about. He went on to tell Digital Spy, "Even from being a small part of something like Twilight, I found out that actually, what's really important is having a connection with the fans."

"It's great to be able to sit here and do press, but if I can go out there and I can do a mall tour - which is what we did for Mortal Instruments and for Twilight - that actually can make somebody's day. And that's sort of what I'm doing this for."

We could not agree more! Hearing Jamie talk about the importance of fans and why he is eager to pick up where he left off as Shadowhunter Jace Wayland makes us all very excited!

It was only early September when we found out the production of the 'City of Bones' sequel was halted, and earlier this month we learned that City of Ashes would still be filming in 2014. Fans of 'The Mortal Instruments' collectively expressed their enthusiasm with renewed hope for the adaptation, and it's amazing to see the actors are just as happy to reprise their roles.

Since COA is moving forward what Jace scenes are you most thrilled to see make it from book to movie? Let us know in a comment or tweet us @TMI_Institute!

MOVIE NEWS: Production for CITY OF ASHES starts in 2014

BIG NEWS, SHADOWHUNTERS!!! Constantin is moving forward with Cassandra Clare’s best-selling Mortal Instruments franchise and plans to restart production on the second film in the series, The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes, next year.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Moszkowicz, Constantin Film’s head of film and TV, said Clare’s massive fan base has responded positively to the adaptation and that Constantin is determined to continue the franchise.  City of Bones, starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower, opened to $14 million over its first five-day weekend and grossed about $31 million domestically for Sony/Screen Gems.City of Bones, which was also critically panned, had a reported $60 million budget, with Sony putting up an estimated $60 million more to promote the film's release.

"The fan response, from the blogosphere and the thousands of mails we have received, has encouraged us to keep going,” Moszkowicz told The Hollywood Reporter. “It's been overwhelmingly positive, in contrast to some other YA titles.”

Moszkowicz said international returns for City of Bones means the first film’s worldwide take is now close to $100 million but admits box office revenue was below Constantin’s forecasts.

“We are analyzing what we did wrong with the first film, particularly with the positioning and marketing, and what changes we have to make. We are working with a great group of people to reposition the franchise (for City of Ashes).”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moszkowicz suggested one reason for City of Bones’ misfire may have been a marketing campaign that was too narrowly focused on teenage fans, to the detriment of Clare’s twenty- and thirtysomething readers. (INSTITUTE SAYS .... AMEN TO THAT!) 

“The readers of Mortal Instruments are older than you might think,” he said. “That may have been one issue in our marketing, that we focused too much on a very young audience segment."

Let's celebrate! Jamie Campbell Bower BACK on Twitter

I'm back crazy dicks. check http://t.co/dwJxUkyYtI for reason. x
— Jamie Campbell Bower (@Jamiebower) October 16, 2013

Guess who's back, back again, Jamie's back, tell a friend!!!

This is why we love Jamie Campbell Bower. If you've missed out on the whirlwind of the last nearly 24 hours, you probably won't notice much different. However, last night, Jamie left his Twitter account, breaking the hearts of all those fans and friends he left behind.

Now, I'm pleased to say that he is back. Here's what he had to say on Tumblr:

MORALISTIC REVERSAL Good evening all you lovely people.
I do hope this “hump day” is treating you well. I have heard through a blood relative of mine that it is Potato Week in Denmark.
Here it is. I’m coming back to twitter. I have received an overwhelming amount of support and heard stories of how you, like myself as a kid, need someone to stand up and speak the weirdness it is that you feel.
I have made the conscious decision to reactivate my account. There are too many people to let down if i stay away.
I feel somewhat responsible for you all.
This however does not take away from the fact that a select group of individuals really fucked me off and betrayed my hard earned trust. Believe me when i say this.
I love the true people that make my world better (through social media) and i wish i could reply to any of you but the fact of matter is, if i respond to 1 person i’m only going to piss off the numerous others that i cant get back to.
I love all you true Muddafuckahhhhhhhhhssssssss. and to those who bent me over and fucked me without any lube in the words of Asher Roth “sucka dick butt kiss”
princess Jamie.
x  

Thanks so much to our favorite Tweep, Jamie Campbell Bower, for coming back to Twitter and rocking our worlds! We love ya, Jamie!!! :)

Jamie Campbell Bower leaves twitter

I'm regretfully having to share some bad news this morning. Jamie Campbell Bower has left his Twitter account @jamiebower after a group attempted to hack it.
Jamie, who is known best to us a Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones shared his thoughts on his Tumblr account.

“Twitter go Bye Bye
Good morrow fair children
i trust we all slept well?
Last night there was a group of people, who called themselves “fans”, attempting to “hack” my twitter account. This has lead me to dispose of said account.
I understand that these particular individuals are not a reflection on all of you gorgeous people but it only takes a minority to fuck shit up and ruin it for everybody.
I loved twitter and it was with a heavy heart that i had to make such a drastic decision but heres the kicker, i as a person have no obligation to share my life with the outside world but i wanted everyone who has supported me to feel somewhat involved, invited or part of my bizarre existence. I have said in interviews that i always felt “outside” or perhaps a “spaceman” and twitter offered me the possibility to feel connected to others, who perhaps, feel the same way, because i had no one to connect with as a kid or a tangible figurehead that felt the same as i did.
I am sorry for those who feel let down by me. I feel let down
I love you. But i dont need more self righteous Daily Mail cunts in my life.
Kisses.
x “
As someone who has followed his tweets for a long time and been very blessed to get a chance to meet and interview him twice now, it is such a shame that some stupid group of “fans” had to ruin it for such a sweet guy. The thing that everyone should remember is that he is a person and has real feelings, not just some random twitter handle with no face or name. And being someone in the spotlight, I couldn’t even imagine how horrible it would be if people hacked my twitter and used it for personal gain. If Jamie feels about Twitter like most of us do, Twitter is a sanctuary for people who just want to reach out to the world and share experience and get interaction and love. I’ll miss Jamie’s tweets immensely and hope that one day he’ll feel safe enough to rejoin.
x Amber

'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' DVD Cover!

Last week, we told you fabulous shadowhunters that the DVD for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones film will be available in stores on December 3, 2013 in the US! 

And now, they released the cover! Doesn't it look amazing? 

According to TheHDRoom, this DVD package will include several exclusives from the film, such as:

The Blu-ray edition of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones will be presented in 2.4:1 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Bonus features include the following:

• Interactive Lineage Tracker (Blu-ray exclusive)

• Deadly Attraction - Lily Collins & Jamie Campbell Bower on their roles as Clary Fray and Jace Wayland (Blu-ray exclusive)

• Entering The Shadow World - creating the extraordinary creatures of the Shadow World (Blu-ray exclusive)

• Into the Shadows - from book to screen (Blu-ray exclusive)

• Deleted Scenes

• Bringing Them To Life - filmmakers and cast discuss the characters of The Mortal Instruments

• Descendants Of The Cup - a look at the stunts and the cast's transformation into Shadowhunters

• "Almost Is Never Enough" music video by Ariana Grande ft. Nathan Sykes

Shadowhunters you can pre-order it now via Amazon! 

Jamie Campbell Bower Looks Dark and Dashing in AnOther Man Magazine

 
Jamie Campbell Bower is featured in AnOther Man Magazine's fall/winter issue.
Bower is looking incredibly fashionable and very handsome in the black and white shoot.

You can read about what Jamie had to say in AnOther Man Magazine's interview!

'The Mortal Instruments' star has been keeping busy and looking the Shadowhunter part in his dark attire. Even when Jamie is not playing the role of Jace Wayland he still captures everyone's attention.

It's great to see J.C.B. taking on other projects! Don't you agree?

Comment below to share your thoughts!

EW Photoshoot with Lily Collins & Jamie Campbell Bower at Comic-Con!

Shadowhunters remember when The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones cast attended Comic-Con this past summer (July 19)? Doesn't it feel like ages ago? 

To reminisce the good old days of when the mundane world was discovering the shadowhunter world, check out these new photos of the Mortal Instruments stars, Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower. Just to warn you, these photos are too adorable! 

Amazon UK reveals 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' DVD Release Date!

Amazon UK has posted an exact release date for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones DVD!

Looks like shadowhunters in the UK will have to wait until January 27 of next year to get their copy. Although you can pre-order it now! Click HERE.

For shadowhunters in the US and Canada, the release date hasn't been revealed yet but it is estimated to be available in stores by December. We hope for it to be out before the holidays so we can give it away as great Christmas presents! Pre-order it now on Amazon and iTunes. 

Relive the #MortalInstruments by pre-ordering your own copy! @iTunesMovies: http://t.co/xJYooAQzAp @amazon: http://t.co/mEgXTMuhZO
— City Of Bones (@MortalMovie) August 25, 2013

Who has already pre-ordered it? Leave your comments below! 

'Interview' mag snags talk & photos with Jamie Campbell Bower

 Check out this interview with Jamie Campbell Bower in  Interview magazine and some exclusive photos (thanks to Jamie Campbell Bower Spain for posting these): 

Girl meets mysterious tattooed boy; boy encourages girl to fight demons while wearing thigh-high leather boots. Evil, leather-clad man with several rat-tail braids reveals that boy and girl are brother and sister and romance is nipped in the bud.

Sad or savvy, every young adult fantasy film aspires to be the next Twilight.  The best contender to date is The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, based on Cassandra Clare's six-book YA series. Lily Collins stars as Clary Fray, a Brooklyn teenager who discovers she is a "shadowhunter," a warrior descended from the blood of an angel in a world that includes vampires, werewolves, warlocks, witches, and demons. As Jace Wayland, Clary's love interest and possible sibling, British actor Jamie Campbell Bower stands out. There is nothing novel about the film's premise, but it doesn't need to be novel. The Mortal Instruments knows what it wants to be and does it well (or, better than Twilight).

The Mortal Instruments is Campbell Bower's third fantasy franchise, and it's not difficult to see why. Casting directors gravitate towards Campbell Bower's ethereal aesthetic: his shoulder-length blond hair, prominent cheekbones, pale complexion, and  slender, yet oddly muscular physique. Only 24, the actor's first role was in Tim Burton's gothic musicalSweeney Todd (2007). Since then, he's rarely left the fantasy genre; playing King Arthur in the mini-series Camelot (2011), a young Gellert Grindewald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2010), and the leader of an ancient coven of vampires in Twilight: Breaking Dawn. 

We recently spoke with the actor in L.A.


EMMA BROWN: Do you remember your first ever audition?

JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER: Oh, god, my first ever audition. Yeah, it was for Harry Potter.

BROWN: Oh, really? That worked out pretty well then.

CAMPBELL BOWER: No, it didn't, because I was a kid. It was the first Harry Potter movie.

BROWN: Oh. Who did you want to be?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Harry Potter!

BROWN: I can't imagine you with black hair.

CAMPBELL BOWER: Can you imagine? That would be so weird. A casting agent came to school—they send casting agents round schools in the UK—and she picked a bunch of us. I completely forgot about it. We had to tell a joke, I told a really rude joke. I told a joke about a Christmas tree being rammed up a fairy's ass. Oh dear...

BROWN: Did they laugh?

CAMPBELL BOWER: They laughed, yeah. But I don't think that was quite Harry Potter material. [laughs]

BROWN: Were you devastated?

CAMPBELL BOWER: No, no I wasn't devastated. I was too into skateboarding. I'm still too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.

BROWN: They just kept you in mind for six years?

CAMPBELL BOWER: It was more than six years. I didn't have to re-audition, they actually just called up and were like, "Do you want to be a part of it?"  Obviously it's a British institution, I was like, "Of course I want it. Whatever, I'd love to be a small part of this. It would be dope." And that's it.

BROWN: Did you ever go up to Daniel Radcliffe— "You stole my life!"

CAMPBELL BOWER: [laughs] No, no, no. God, no. He's a lovely chap. No, there's no hard feelings. [laughs]

BROWN: This is your third fantasy franchise. You've got to be in the running for some sort of record.

CAMPBELL BOWER: For being the biggest whore? [laughs] People ask me if it's a career move or whatnot—it's not. I wanted to be a part of Harry Potter. I wanted to be a part of the first Twilight movie and unfortunately it didn't work out so great. So when they came back and were like, "Do you want to come in for a part for the second movie," I was like, "Absolutely." And then Mortal came along but we didn't know when we were shooting the first movie that we were going to get green lit for another movie—we have been green lit for another movie before the first movie's even been released, which is crazy.

BROWN: What do you like the most about your character Jace?

CAMPBELL BOWER: I say this a lot in interviews about the character, but I like his vulnerability. I like that about him. I like his sarcasm. I like his strength.

BROWN: Does he have any qualities that annoy you?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Yeah, the fact that he's so sarcastic the whole time—sometimes he just needs to man up a bit. [laughs] I actually kind of fell in love with him, but he's so into himself that he doesn't really know it. [laughs]

BROWN: Have you read all of the books? Or did you not want to go past the first one lest it change the way you played the character?

CAMPBELL BOWER: I've read them all. I'm just waiting for Cassie [Clare] to release the last one. I read the first three when I got asked to come over for the screen test and then, upon getting the role, I read them all. When we were shooting, I focused on the first book. It didn't cloud my vision—the great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of who this guy is and you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot if you're not reading it.

BROWN: There are so many books, did you ever have a moment of "Oh god, there goes the next six years of my life..?"

CAMPBELL BOWER: [laughs] Look, if I have a job for the next six years of my life I'm going to be the happiest motherfucker in the world. I'm under no illusion—this game is incredibly fickle, that's what this industry is, and I'm very aware of that. If I can do this in the next six years, that would be great. If I can't, that's fine too. They better start making them quick, though, because none of us are getting any younger and I'm not entirely sure how long I can carry on. If we're doing the last movie when I'm 30 and I'm meant to be playing 19, 20—I'm starting to look a little bit ropey at the moment anyway, there's lines coming—I'd be fucked.

BROWN: Does your agent tell you to stay out of the sun?

CAMPBELL BOWER: No, never. They know if they tell me not to do something I'm gonna do it. [laughs] They've now figured that out, so they just don't talk to me until they have good news. [laughs]

BROWN: Do you think The Mortal Instruments presents an unrealistic portrayal of love?

CAMPBELL BOWER: I mean, at no point in the movie does Jayce turn around to Clary and say, "I love you." Is it an unrealistic portrayal? I think there are times in life where you're automatically drawn to somebody and it's weird—you freak out a bit. I think that's what this portrayal is. It's something deeper than just aesthetic admiration, I suppose. They don't say that they love each other—they want to be together but it's hard, what with them thinking that they're brother and sister they've got a bunch of shit to deal with. [laughs] I don't know if that's realistic.

BROWN: Did you read any young adult books when you were a young adult?

CAMPBELL BOWER: It sounds really cheesy and corny, there was a book called The Lives of Christopher Chant [by Dianna Wynne Jones, 1988], which is very, very similar toHarry Potter. Too similar, some have said. I sort of got into those for a bit. I'm a dirty kid, I like to be outside, I like to run about, I like to get messy. So I spent a lot of time outside as a kid, skating and just being a disaster. I was obsessed with Dogtown—I still am obsessed with Dogtown, the Z-Boys. I love Stacy Peralta and Jay Adams and Andrew Reynolds, all these guys. I used to think I was Chad Muska.

BROWN: You should make a skating movie.

CAMPELL BOWER: I'd love to make a skating movie. It'd be fucking dope. [With] sports movies—like skating movies—it's hard. The last good one that I saw was probably Catherine Hardwick's Lords of Dogtown (2005). I mean, Rob Dyrdek's got a movie coming out but it's more like a documentary.

BROWN: What film were you obsessed with as a child?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Oh my god, Waterworld (1995). Kevin Costner's Waterworld. Insane. That blew my mind. Me and my cousin Josh we used to watch it the whole time. We loved that film.

BROWN: I don't even know what that is.

CAMPBELL BOWER: Waterworld?! Are you for serious? Oh my god, go check it out.

BROWN: I'm looking it up now. It was nominated for an Oscar! It's a serious movie?

CAMPBELL BOWER: It's not that serious. He's jetting about on a jetski and shit. But there's a ride at Universal Studios in L.A.— the Waterworld ride. You've got to go on it. It's mental.

BROWN: I've only been to Euro Disney.

CAMPBELL BOWER: Euro Disney is not my vibe. I can't really deal with Disney, man. It's not my thing.

BROWN: But you can deal with Universal Studios land?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Yeah, because they're not pretending to be so happy all the time. [laughs] I don't do so well with people pretending to be happy. When I was 16, I went with my girlfriend at the time and her family to Disneyland and I was so grumpy the whole time.

BROWN: I know you're in L.A. now, but do you still live in London?

CAMPBELL BOWER: I live out of a bag. I just looked at what's going on for me, I'm not gonna be back in England for more than a week between now and March of next year, I think, which is crazy. By that time the lease is up on my apartment! [laughs]  I'm getting a kick out of being homeless.

BROWN: Won't you miss your family and friends?

CAMPBELL BOWER: I have the best friends in the world. I miss my friends, I miss my family but they always come out and visit me. I went to boarding school in the country so there's no real differentiation between family and friends. I went there from when I was 8 until I was 17—it was insane. If you earn my friendship, you are my family and I'll do anything for you.

BROWN: Is it unusual for people from your school to become actors?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Daniel Day Lewis went to my school. Juno Temple was in my year. Lily Allen went. The band called The Kooks went there. Minnie Driver. There's a few of us kicking about but it's not a stage school, it's just incredibly liberal and let's the individual do whatever the fuck they want. [laughs]

BROWN: Do you remember your worst ever audition?

CAMPBELL BOWER: Yes, I went into the wrong room. They started being like, "I see that you were at the Royal Shakespeare Company." I was like, "Oh my god, my agent has made all this shit up, just made it up so I could get in the room." So I was like, "Yeah, yeah, it was amazing"—digging myself further and further into a hole. And then this girl comes in and I'm like, "What the fuck is going on?" And they're like, "Okay, and now we're going to read the balcony scene." It was an audition for Romeo and Juliet. [laughs] I was like, "Um, I'm not meant to be here, I'm really sorry." [laughs] I literally just ran out of the room.

PHOTOS + VIDEOS: 'The Mortal Instruments' Cast at the Mexican Premiere!

 

Godfrey Gao, Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower and Kevin Zegers hit up the red carpet for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones premiere in Mexico City (August 27)!

Lily and Jamie were interviewed on the red carpet, check it out:

More photos from the premiere below!