In the November 5 episode of his and his wife, Taylor Dome's podcast, The Squeeze, alongside their guest Twilight star Nikki Reed, Lautner discussed his time acting in five Twilight films.
Reed, who played vampire Rosalie Hale, then applauded Lautner's "dedication at such a young age" to have "abs" and "the reason behind the abs." Lautner, who was hired at the age of 16 to play Jacob in 2008's Twilight, interjected that he had to have abs to continue portraying the character for the sequels. As fans of the franchise are aware, Jacob becomes more muscular due to becoming a werewolf in the second Twilight book, New Moon.
Reed chimed in that Lautner "worked really, really hard to prove that [he was] dedicated to whatever that role might need and [he] did such a great job." Reed, who was 20 when Twilight premiered, also shared she felt protective toward Lautner during the production of the Twilight films, which were based on Stephenie Meyer's book series.
In a December 2023 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, hosted by Alex Cooper, Lautner opened up about being temporarily fired from the Twilight films. He explained that the role of Jacob was nearly given to someone else for Twilight: New Moon, which premiered in 2009.
He said that his team encouraged producers to meet with Lautner after he became focused on changing his physique.
According to Lautner, he still had to "re-audition" for Twilight: New Moon.
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"I think it is a trauma related thing, but I just forget so much of that time of my life. I truly can't even remember it," said Lautner on his podcast.
"So as soon as you start having things taken away from you, or just being judged, or whatever it was, because I did the opposite of you, and I put everything into that, and lost, you know," said Lautner.
"I watched a lot of that from the outside and the amount of pressure that was put on you to be a certain way and look a certain way," said Reed to Lautner. "I actually just have such like love and compassion for watching that boy grow up and like grow into who you are now."
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