Access Hollywood ran into Taylor Lautner, who has recently been announced as Jacob Black in the Twilight movie sequel New Moon, at a Golden Globes gifting suite this weekend and spoke with him on camera about securing the role he originated in the first movie of the Twilight Saga. Firstly, AH asked Taylor to confirm on camera that he did get the role and then the topic moved on to all the bulk he supposedly put on in order to prove to New Moon producers that he is the right man to play Jacob Black in the upcoming sequel:

According to Lautner, he claims that he put on 20 pounds of muscle in the weeks leading up to the announcement that he got the part (he asserts that he “started working out the day after [he] finished filming Twilight“) and has since put on 6 more pounds of muscle … so the interviewer asked him to show off this new bulk and Taylor obliged. After the jump, check out a few screencaps of Taylor Lautner showing off just how hard he worked out in the gym in order to retain the role of Jacob Black and watch his video interview in full …

Whoa! That’s a lot of new bulk, I’d say. Taylor says that he “guaranteed” fans to he’d put on at least 30 pounds of new muscle and is only 4 pounds away from his goal … but says he won’t stop there and says that he will go “above and beyond” his promised 30 pounds of muscle. Something tells me, the lad just might do it. Here is Taylor‘s full Access Hollywood interview wherein you can see all this bulk in action:

So, what do y’all think? Is Taylor Lautner up for to the task of bringing the bigger, bulkier Jacob Black to life in the upcoming Twilight sequel?

[Source, thanks Rachel]