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]
DAAAAAAMN taylor is RIPPED now. he’s gonna make edward look like a little choir boy!
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hooooly crap! geeze. alright…. i’ll give it to him. he oooobviously really wants this role, and is working SUPER hard to keep it. i say he definitely deserves it. =) good for him!
I told you so.
I’m kinda a little 2nd hand embarassed during that vid. i’m glad he got the part and he looks great.. but he’s so young and kinda awkward still.
and, i love you taylor, but Edward is SO not out
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Nice!
He is looking good! Those abs are NICE!
Damn it sometimes I forget I’m 18 and that it’s probably illegal to drool over him. But wow I don’t even like Twilight but I will check it out if only because of this kid’s dedication!! He’s cute and I hope he becomes one of the “good” kids of the Hollywood it Boys.
DAMNNNN!!!!!!taylor if fine!! i always knew he could do it. Im a HUGE fan of Taylor and i know he is a smart kid. What he did to secure his role in twilight i know would of been COMPLETELY safe. TAYLOR IS SOO SEXY!!!!!!!!
lol.
ilovetaylorlautner (LLLLLL)
I’m almost 20, is it okay that I just sat here and drooled over this kid?
Holy sweet statutory jailbait…
Hahaha @ Melissa… But YES TEAM TAYLOR!
Well, Taylor WAS pretty buff before this whole NM controversy. In fact, he could’ve kick Robert’s butt back then, lol. I had no doubt he would gain the wight he promised. HE looks pretty good. YAY!
Jacob Black is my favorite Twilight character and I’m proud that Taylor is portraying it. He seems to understand the character, to care for it (which is important because a LOT of Twilight fans detest Jacob just for the sake of him being Jacob), has a lot of warmth and a crazy beautiful smile. I can totally see something of Jacob in him. My hopes are high. I’m excited.
I’m happy for him and it great that he is trying so hard BUT…. it’s not that Jacob Black is all muscles it’s that he grew like 2 feet over night!!! I don’t like him and wish that they would have actually picked an actual Native American kid!!!!!!!!!!1
jaw dropping!
go taylor!!
he seems so down to earth, i adore him!
he is 16… he is 16… he is 16…. i keep having to tell myself that he is too too hot to be just 16. i say kudos to taylor to buffing up and i can’t wait to see the new jacob (without the wig) on the big screen in what is it… 351 days?!?!?
yeah thots a lot. but he’s still 5’6.
hope he stays away from steroids.
i think i just shallowed my tongue
damnnnnnn
Say no to Pedo. But I have 2 admit the kid is HOT!!!!! Rob should be worried.
gorgeous…to bad hes 16
While I am completely happy that Taylor gets to keep his role and I’m also happy to see him bulking up to play a more convincing werewolf, I gotta say that his casting totally reaffirms my TEAM EDWARD status. I realize he’s still a teenager but the whole baby-faced look is totally what turns me off to the whole Jacob/Bella thing. That being said I’m completely glad it’s him in that role because while I was reading it I never really envisioned him as a “man”. Partly because he is younger than Bella and partly because of his actions. Anyone else think that way or think they cast him because of those things? I think Michael Capon would have just thrown that way off.