Lily Collins talks ‘Abduction’ and Taylor Lautner kiss with MTV

The next time Mortal Instruments fans will see Lily Collins (Clary Fray) on the big screen will be in Abduction. The Jason Bourne-esque action flick, which co-stars Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner, hits theaters on September 23.

Our friend Amy Wilkinson of MTV had a chance to talk with Collins about her role in Abduction:

MTV: Where does your character, Karen, fit on the spectrum of damsel in distress to kickass heroine?

Lily Collins: We meet her in high school at the beginning of the story, and she’s had some sort of awkward past with Nathan that is alluded to, and they’re really awkward with each other at the beginning. She’s [a] cheerleader-kind of popular girl in school. And through this school assignment, she’s thrown into this crazy on-the-run journey with Nathan. And she starts out a young high school student and she grows into a woman quite fast during the story. She ends up kicking butt.

MTV: We’ve seen Lautner sliding down buildings and generally being badass in the trailer, but how physical was this role for you?

Collins: I get physical in the film but also use my surroundings and take note and use my mind to get out of things, like my female smarts.

I got to do pretty much all of my own stunts. Ever since “Priest,” I’ve gotten really into stunt training. For “Snow White,” it’s been very intense fight training and fencing for a few months, but not for “Abduction.” I didn’t have training. I’d get to try things out a couple of times before we actually shot it. For me, I love just kind of diving into it. I don’t mind if I’m bruised or bumped or whatever. I feel like the more bumps and bruises I get, the more into it I’m getting and the more real it’s looking.

MTV: We have to talk about that hot train kiss between you and Taylor. You know MTV likes to give out Golden Popcorns for such things. Could you see “Abduction” scoring a Best Kiss honor at the Movie Awards?

Collins: [Laughs] Well, let’s just say the trailer only shows a minor part of that scene. So I think when people see the entire scene and where it starts and where it ends, I think people will get a little bit more excited about the scene when they see the entire thing. It was a crazy, funny scene to shoot, and Taylor made everything very comfortable. We’ll see what people say. Like I said, the trailer shows only a minor part of it.

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