Jason KingSex Sells: The Astronomical Rise of Taylor Lautner
February 7th 2010 03:43
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Taylor Lautner is SEX
If you don't know who Taylor Lautner is by now you live in Antarctica or have not seen popular culture in the last year. Taylor Lautner is the latest uberspunk from the Twilight series who plays Jacob.
This one pic (above) and the film it was taken from, added with Taylor's dedication to increasing his body size to perfection to secure his part have skyrocketed this hottie into the Hollywood A List. After the first Twilight film directors were not going to hire Taylor for the second film because his character is incredibly buff and a werewolf to boot. Taylor, so keen to stay in the franchise took on a workout schedule that would kill most of us and secured his role. Then the international sensation begun. That body and that face are now household known, teenage idols, gay icons and wanted in every film coming out in the next few years. He is so bankable from his man meat that he is now the highest paid teenage actor in the world, out earning Zac Efron who has multiple film roles to his name and basically supported Disney for a couple of years. It would not surprise that Taylor will earn more money from the remaining Twilight films than his costars and he is not even the lead. The worst part is, he is not really a great actor. But I have faith.
Born on February 11th, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Taylor Daniel Lautner has shown he was destined for a successful life from a very young age. He began studying karate at the age of six, training at Fabiano's Karate School, and by the following year, he was already winning tournaments. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate champion Mike Chat and, when he was eight, he was asked to represent his country in the twelve years and under division in the World Karate Association where he proved himself by becoming the Junior World Forms and Weapons champion, winning three gold medals. He continued to flourish in the martial arts circuit; in 2003, at only eleven years old, he was ranked number one in the world for NASKA's Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons and Traditional Forms and and, by the age of twelve, he had three Junior World Championships under his "black belt".
However, in addition to his love for karate, Taylor was bitten by the acting bug when he was seven years old, after his martial arts instructor persuaded him to audition for a part in a Burger King advert in Los Angeles. Although he was unsuccessful, he enjoyed the experience so much that he told his parents he wanted to pursue a career in acting. Soon, he and his family were traveling back-and-forth from their home in Michigan to California so Taylor could audition for acting roles on a regular basis. When he was ten, with the frequent traveling and air fares starting to drain them out, his family made the hard decision to relocate to Los Angeles where Taylor would have the advantage of being able to audition on a full-time basis. Although it was a wrench to leave behind friends and family, the move gave him the added bonus of being able to compete on a more intense level in football and baseball.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Taylor booked roles on "My Wife and Kids" (2001), "Summerland" (2004), "The Bernie Mac Show" (2001), and the The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour (2004) (TV). In addition to television, Taylor has been very successful in the voice over work. Taylor booked a recurring role as Youngblood on the cartoon "Danny Phantom" (2004) as well as he has recorded two episodes of "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" (2002) and 'Charlie Brown'. Taylor was also booked as a series regular of a pilot presentation called Which Way Is Up? (1977) along with the voice of Silas in an animation series entitled 'Silas and Brittany'.
His big break came in 2005 when, at the age of thirteen, Taylor won the role of Shark Boy in the Robert Rodriguez film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005). He spent three months on location in Austin, Texas filming, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Within months, he then successfully auditioned to play Eliot, the son of the Bakers' rival, in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).
After this came the Twilight success and from there the world.
In his spare time, Taylor loves playing football and baseball, both sports which he is very strong in. In football, he running back on offense and middle line backer on defense and, in baseball, he takes part in the Hart Baseball Program where he is positioned at center field and second base. He also participates in the LA Hip Kids, a hip-hop dance group. Taylor also enjoys making home movies with his friends, including 'Sharkboy and Lava Girl' co-star Taylor Dooley, who lives near his Los Angeles home.
Although, he wants to continue acting into adulthood, he wouldn't mind becoming a film scriptwriter and director. Certainly, this is one spunky monkey who is bound to do well in whatever he sets his mind to, and if all else fails just show your abs
Next week Taylor will appear in the new Mega Cast film "Valentines Day" as one of the bit sporting characters who you get to see snog Taylor Swift (his onscreen girlfriend and rumored offscreen girlfriend - bitch). He has wrapped filming on the latest Twilight: Eclipse film which is in post production at the moment and between that Twilight film and the last (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) we can see him filming Northern Lights - the new Dean Devlin film. Set against the backdrop of extreme flying, Northern Lights follows four young pilots as they compete against the world's best. A story of teamwork, sacrifice, loss, and victory, these young aviators push themselves to physical and emotional limits in the unforgiving world of performance aerobatics. Think Red Bull Air Race spliced together with Top Gun and his sex symbol status will increase even more.
Then after Twilight: Breaking Dawn, when people the world over will weep at the end of the franchise Taylor is quite literally becoming a boy toy. The "Twilight" werewolf is already set to star in Cancun. The film, produced by "New Moon" studio Summit Entertainment in conjunction with Lautner's production company, Tailor Made, is being described as "Taken" meets "Die Hard," Variety reports. Tailor Made was formed by the actor and his dad, Dan Lautner, with Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Taylor is desperate to show off his martial arts skills and this film is the one to do it in. Cancun centers on a teen whose injury prevents him from becoming an elite soldier. Rather than pursuing that line of work, he goes to college, meets a girl and goes on spring break in Cancun. While there, his friends are kidnapped and held for ransom in exchange for the release of a drug cartel leader who's about to be extradited. Lautner's character uses his martial arts training to save them.
Following this he will go back to back with another action film. Max Steel - he'll play the titular extreme-sports-star-turned-su perhero based on Mattel toy line - and now he's stretching his acting limits even more.
According to a press release, Universal Pictures has lined up Taylor for "Stretch Armstrong," a.k.a. another franchise based on a toy (this time it's a Hasbro-owned one).
The 3-D adventure, set for release in 2012, will be based around the very flexible action figure (his arms and legs can stretch "up to four times his size!"), which arrived in toy stores in the 1970s and re-launched in the 1990s.
"In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office. He brings the perfect balance of energy and athleticism to the role of an unlikely super hero with a fantastic super power," said Universal Pictures Co-Chairman Donna Langley in a statements. "We couldn't be more pleased that he has agreed to be our Stretch."
The team behind the Universal pic will include Hasbro President and CEO Brian Goldner, producer Brian Grazer ("8 Mile," "American Gangster") and writer Steve Oedekerk ("Bruce Almighty").
Ontop of his acting career his looks and bod have gained him a calling for modelling and he has graced covers of Rolling Stone and Teen Vogue so far - he has the looks of a love child from George Clooney and Tom Cruise - not entirely impossible to believe if you read the rumors about those two - hahahaha
My favourite film of his so far is a tie between the latest Twilight New Moon film and Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Now he is legal and incredibly gorgeous but back then he was this care free kid martial arts champ and the film, while quite shocking, was a joy to watch from a kids fantasy angle.
My only hope is that Taylor can gain huge amounts of experience from the actors and teams he works with and that his acting increases so he actually deserves to be where he is without his abs. He earnt his role in Twilight due to his dedication - now he needs to earn some credibility.
Regardless of his acting though he is one god damn spunkrat!!
This one pic (above) and the film it was taken from, added with Taylor's dedication to increasing his body size to perfection to secure his part have skyrocketed this hottie into the Hollywood A List. After the first Twilight film directors were not going to hire Taylor for the second film because his character is incredibly buff and a werewolf to boot. Taylor, so keen to stay in the franchise took on a workout schedule that would kill most of us and secured his role. Then the international sensation begun. That body and that face are now household known, teenage idols, gay icons and wanted in every film coming out in the next few years. He is so bankable from his man meat that he is now the highest paid teenage actor in the world, out earning Zac Efron who has multiple film roles to his name and basically supported Disney for a couple of years. It would not surprise that Taylor will earn more money from the remaining Twilight films than his costars and he is not even the lead. The worst part is, he is not really a great actor. But I have faith.
Born on February 11th, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Taylor Daniel Lautner has shown he was destined for a successful life from a very young age. He began studying karate at the age of six, training at Fabiano's Karate School, and by the following year, he was already winning tournaments. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate champion Mike Chat and, when he was eight, he was asked to represent his country in the twelve years and under division in the World Karate Association where he proved himself by becoming the Junior World Forms and Weapons champion, winning three gold medals. He continued to flourish in the martial arts circuit; in 2003, at only eleven years old, he was ranked number one in the world for NASKA's Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons and Traditional Forms and and, by the age of twelve, he had three Junior World Championships under his "black belt".
However, in addition to his love for karate, Taylor was bitten by the acting bug when he was seven years old, after his martial arts instructor persuaded him to audition for a part in a Burger King advert in Los Angeles. Although he was unsuccessful, he enjoyed the experience so much that he told his parents he wanted to pursue a career in acting. Soon, he and his family were traveling back-and-forth from their home in Michigan to California so Taylor could audition for acting roles on a regular basis. When he was ten, with the frequent traveling and air fares starting to drain them out, his family made the hard decision to relocate to Los Angeles where Taylor would have the advantage of being able to audition on a full-time basis. Although it was a wrench to leave behind friends and family, the move gave him the added bonus of being able to compete on a more intense level in football and baseball.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Taylor booked roles on "My Wife and Kids" (2001), "Summerland" (2004), "The Bernie Mac Show" (2001), and the The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour (2004) (TV). In addition to television, Taylor has been very successful in the voice over work. Taylor booked a recurring role as Youngblood on the cartoon "Danny Phantom" (2004) as well as he has recorded two episodes of "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" (2002) and 'Charlie Brown'. Taylor was also booked as a series regular of a pilot presentation called Which Way Is Up? (1977) along with the voice of Silas in an animation series entitled 'Silas and Brittany'.
His big break came in 2005 when, at the age of thirteen, Taylor won the role of Shark Boy in the Robert Rodriguez film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005). He spent three months on location in Austin, Texas filming, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Within months, he then successfully auditioned to play Eliot, the son of the Bakers' rival, in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).
After this came the Twilight success and from there the world.
In his spare time, Taylor loves playing football and baseball, both sports which he is very strong in. In football, he running back on offense and middle line backer on defense and, in baseball, he takes part in the Hart Baseball Program where he is positioned at center field and second base. He also participates in the LA Hip Kids, a hip-hop dance group. Taylor also enjoys making home movies with his friends, including 'Sharkboy and Lava Girl' co-star Taylor Dooley, who lives near his Los Angeles home.
Although, he wants to continue acting into adulthood, he wouldn't mind becoming a film scriptwriter and director. Certainly, this is one spunky monkey who is bound to do well in whatever he sets his mind to, and if all else fails just show your abs
Next week Taylor will appear in the new Mega Cast film "Valentines Day" as one of the bit sporting characters who you get to see snog Taylor Swift (his onscreen girlfriend and rumored offscreen girlfriend - bitch). He has wrapped filming on the latest Twilight: Eclipse film which is in post production at the moment and between that Twilight film and the last (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) we can see him filming Northern Lights - the new Dean Devlin film. Set against the backdrop of extreme flying, Northern Lights follows four young pilots as they compete against the world's best. A story of teamwork, sacrifice, loss, and victory, these young aviators push themselves to physical and emotional limits in the unforgiving world of performance aerobatics. Think Red Bull Air Race spliced together with Top Gun and his sex symbol status will increase even more.
Then after Twilight: Breaking Dawn, when people the world over will weep at the end of the franchise Taylor is quite literally becoming a boy toy. The "Twilight" werewolf is already set to star in Cancun. The film, produced by "New Moon" studio Summit Entertainment in conjunction with Lautner's production company, Tailor Made, is being described as "Taken" meets "Die Hard," Variety reports. Tailor Made was formed by the actor and his dad, Dan Lautner, with Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Taylor is desperate to show off his martial arts skills and this film is the one to do it in. Cancun centers on a teen whose injury prevents him from becoming an elite soldier. Rather than pursuing that line of work, he goes to college, meets a girl and goes on spring break in Cancun. While there, his friends are kidnapped and held for ransom in exchange for the release of a drug cartel leader who's about to be extradited. Lautner's character uses his martial arts training to save them.
Following this he will go back to back with another action film. Max Steel - he'll play the titular extreme-sports-star-turned-su perhero based on Mattel toy line - and now he's stretching his acting limits even more.
According to a press release, Universal Pictures has lined up Taylor for "Stretch Armstrong," a.k.a. another franchise based on a toy (this time it's a Hasbro-owned one).
The 3-D adventure, set for release in 2012, will be based around the very flexible action figure (his arms and legs can stretch "up to four times his size!"), which arrived in toy stores in the 1970s and re-launched in the 1990s.
"In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office. He brings the perfect balance of energy and athleticism to the role of an unlikely super hero with a fantastic super power," said Universal Pictures Co-Chairman Donna Langley in a statements. "We couldn't be more pleased that he has agreed to be our Stretch."
The team behind the Universal pic will include Hasbro President and CEO Brian Goldner, producer Brian Grazer ("8 Mile," "American Gangster") and writer Steve Oedekerk ("Bruce Almighty").
Ontop of his acting career his looks and bod have gained him a calling for modelling and he has graced covers of Rolling Stone and Teen Vogue so far - he has the looks of a love child from George Clooney and Tom Cruise - not entirely impossible to believe if you read the rumors about those two - hahahaha
My favourite film of his so far is a tie between the latest Twilight New Moon film and Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Now he is legal and incredibly gorgeous but back then he was this care free kid martial arts champ and the film, while quite shocking, was a joy to watch from a kids fantasy angle.
My only hope is that Taylor can gain huge amounts of experience from the actors and teams he works with and that his acting increases so he actually deserves to be where he is without his abs. He earnt his role in Twilight due to his dedication - now he needs to earn some credibility.
Regardless of his acting though he is one god damn spunkrat!!
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Comment by RubySoho
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I didn't find Lautner any worse or any better than anyone else in the Twilight films...
Comment by Jason King
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So too do the rumours they were just friends and he is gay - hahaha
Good to know you didn't find him any better or worse - but if he keeps making films and the huge ones he has lined up he needs to get better.
Thanks heaps for reading...
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And if he is earning more than the two leads in Twilight, given that they both - especially Kristen Stewart have starred in some great movies - and put in more time and have to deal with the shit the press throw at them everyday really does show what Summit truly are after.
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His new role, Abduction, I think will give him that chance to make or break it. He gets Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver and Jason Issacs to act alongside. Fingers crossed
Thanks for the comment.