Entrevista A Taylor Lautner

MICHAEL MARTIN: How is the Twilight phenomenon sitting with you?
TAYLOR LAUTNER: It’s the weirdest thing. Nobody really saw it coming. I mean, we knew we were making a movie of a very popular book, but we didn’t know how well it was going to do. When it opened, it exploded, and that was not something any of us saw coming. Filming New Moon is a lot different than the first one because this timewe know what we are getting into.
MARTIN: Do all the expectations psych you out?
LAUTNER: I don’t think so. It puts a little more pressure on us than it did before. But for the most part, it’s been a blast.
MARTIN: So what’s in store for Jacob?
LAUTNER: He’s a lot different than he was before. He transforms mid-story—in the first half, he’s Twilight Jacob. I’m wearing a wig. My character’s veryclumsy, outgoing, and friendly. When he transforms into a werewolf, he becomes something very different. It’s like I’m playing a split personality. Which is tricky, because sometimes I’ve had to play pre- and post-transformation Jacob on the same day of filming
MARTIN: Is the premise similar to the book’s?
LAUTNER: The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; itwould be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There’s an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren’t just vampires. There’s a wolf pack.
MARTIN: What does it mean to turn into a werewolf?
LAUTNER: I think the most important thing with Jacob is that pre-transformation, he’s clumsy. He trips over his own feet. As soon as hetransforms, he’s very agile. At one point, he flings himself through Bella’s window and lands at her feet, and that’s the first time Bella realizes this is a new Jacob: He never used to be this agile. I loved bringing out that side of him. The bummer is, when he becomes a wolf, that’s not actually me. When he does the cool fight scenes, he’s transformed into CGI.
MARTIN: You had to bulk up for thepart.
LAUTNER: Absolutely. As soon as I finished filming Twilight, I knew I had to get to work right away; there could be no waiting involved. The day I finished Twilight, I came home and started bulking up. For New Moon, I’m 30 pounds heavier than I was inTwilight.
MARTIN: Do you feel like you’re walking around in a different body?
LAUTNER: I don’t at all. I haven’t noticed much of a change. Igrew out of a lot of my clothes, though. I went from a men’s small to a men’s large.
MARTIN: Are you turning more heads?
LAUTNER: I don’t know. I should pay more attention to that. I hope so.
Chris Yandek: Besides the role in this upcoming movie, what else has been going on with you of late?
Matt Lanter: “Well, August has been a pretty big month for me. At the end of July I had War Games2 come out on DVD, which was a sequel to the original War Games with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. AlsoThe Clone Wars came out on the 15th of August and I think it’s still in theaters. I play Anakin. I voice the Anakin character in the movie and the on going series.”
CY: Who are you parodying inDisaster Movie?
ML: “Oh my gosh. Disaster Movie, we are parodying – there is a whole entire list,everybody from High School Musical to The Hulk to Iron Man to Jumper. It’s a huge list. It would take forever for me to name it, but everybody is under the gun here.”
CY: What kind of characters are you playing in this one?
ML: “Well, the main character is Will Jones. He’s kind of the character that holds altogether and I think the story kind of revolves around him trying to lead this group offriends and find his girlfriend throughout this chaotic down that’s being blown apart by all kinds of disasters and unfortunate events. That’s kind of the main story here. I am also playing Steven Strait from 10,000 BC. We’re doing a spoof of that. We’re doing a spoof of Jumper where I am actually playing the Hayden Christensen character. Also High School Musical – I am playing the Zac Effron...