Showing posts with label Taylor Lautner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taylor Lautner. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Taylor Lautner wants comedy with Twilight stars
Twilight is the vampire film that cashed in big on the science fiction trend in Hollywood. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz all became household names as a result of this 2008 fantasy film. Stephenie Meyers is the author of the popular novels from which the movies are based. In this installment, a young girl named Bella (Stewart) is sent to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzling Edward Cullen (Pattinson), whose unlike any boy she's ever met. The two are swept up in a passionate romance, though it's quickly threatened when the Cullens' mortal vampire enemies come to Forks looking for Bella.
November 15th, 2011
The hunky actor has loved working with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart on the much-loved vampire franchise, but thinks if they did work together in the future it would have to be in a completely different genre of movie.
Taylor - who has starred in thriller 'Abduction' since completing filming on the series - admits the one thing he will miss the most is the fans.
He said: "The obvious thing to think of is all these fans, them showing up again and again.
"Last year when they came out, they camped out for days. I thought, 'That's amazing. There's no way they'll do it next year.' Sure enough, they did it. It's unbelievable."
Monday, December 19, 2011
Kristen Stewart 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1' Interview
Kristen Stewart The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Press Conference
Director Bill Condon talked about you having a schizophrenic life while making this movie, playing a virgin in the morning, a vampire in the afternoon, and delivering a baby in the evening. Can you talk about that experience?Kristen Stewart: "Shooting two movies at the same time completely out of sequence, it wasn't something
that initially we were concerned about, keeping sequences in tact scheduling-wise. It was like, 'Okay, we'll work on this part and we'll work on this part.' It really was everywhere within each day, like Bill said. I think what that gave me is that she's thinking, like, she's always either looking into the future and thinking about what she's going to achieve - and ultimately in this movie she does get everything she wants - or she's sort of feeling bad about things. Jacob, for instance. Her family. She's very much in her own head." "Basically what I'm saying is that being able to play a vampire, a human, a woman who's pregnant, a woman who about to get married, literally sometimes within the same day or sometimes within the same week – who knows – actually helped me remind me…everything felt more important to me and more relevant to me. Everything felt very close. So, I think if we did it more systematically, it just wouldn't have been the same. Everything was happening all at once and it was so sort of overwhelming that it was good. It gives you that energy every day." Bella has become such a mythological pop culture character, but how does she compare to playing Snow White? Kristen Stewart: "I guess the only actual comparison, or I guess that a million could be drawn, but the one thing that sticks out in my mind is that they really are both in different ways matriarchs, very strong matriarchs that need to find that position. You see the whole process, but they're so different." "Them both being icons, Snow White, I didn't grow up on fairy tales. I know everyone says that the reason that this thing is so cool is that we've all grown up with these stories and it's a retelling. I'm like, 'Nah, not really. I didn't.' I also didn't grow up with Twilight. So, for me, these things are sort of being put on these characters. Right as I think, 'Wow, this is important,' everyone goes, 'That's important.' It's like, 'Okay, cool.' So, I've gotten really lucky. I didn't know going into either of these things necessarily, or I mean, I know Snow White obviously more so than Twilight was expected to be important to people because they know it." You've had a lot of success outside of the Twilight franchise as well. How have you avoided being typecast, and is there another project that you're attracted to outside of the franchise? Kristen Stewart: "The movies that I've done between the Twilight films, I've just been really lucky that they've been very different. Not because I've meant them to be, but literally because the things that I was drawn to happen to be different from the Twilight thing. And it's really hard for me to answer questions like that. Like, right now is the first time in a long time that I haven't worked or haven't known what I was going to be doing, and I don't want to know. I don't want to rush it because I want time off to see what I'm interested in, like what my interests are. That's not to say that I'm just going, going, going all the time and I don't even know myself. It's not that at all, but it's just that I do want a little bit of time to really figure out what I really, really want to do." Are you drawn at all to lower profile projects to escape the hysteria that's followed you throughout the Twilight movies? Kristen Stewart: "No, not necessarily. It really has nothing to do with the profile. Like, literally zilch, genuinely." It appears that you lost a considerable amount of weight between the honeymoon and when you were pregnant. Was that all digital? Kristen Stewart: "Yeah, digital totally. I didn't have time. We shot everything...everything was sporadically shot. To do that we would've had to shut down production for a couple of months while I lost the weight or gained it back, whichever we did first." It looks very genuine. Kristen Stewart: "It's so cool that you're saying that. That’s great because you do fear that. It does make you feel a little bit like, 'Oh, I hope you guys do a good job,' because I can't do that part and it can ruin you, obviously, if you look ridiculous. Obviously, I don't. So, those guys are amazing at what they do." During the wedding scene, as you walked down the aisle, what was going through your mind? Kristen Stewart: "I had a million different things kind of going through my head, and kind of what I kept telling myself was, 'Stop, stop, stop. Just do it. Actually have this experience because you're just about to ruin it if you keep going.' I think that I was so in the right place to do it that I needed to just put the dress on and go and stand there and walk and see him and everyone." "I know the story so well. The most common question for actors is, like, 'How do you remember all your lines?' It's literally the last thing that I think about. If you know a story so well, they just come out. You know it if someone asks you, provokes you in the right way. I mean, that's what it is. So, I just kind of kept telling myself to find myself in this moment and appreciate it or else I'd look back and go, 'God. Why didn't I just take that ride and just do it? It would've been better in the movie anyway.' I tried the best that I could." You, Taylor Lautner and Rob Pattinson have all experienced this together from the start. What do those two men bring to the whole experience and set? Kristen Stewart: "I couldn't have done this…I guess always if you insert different numbers into the equation, you're going to get a different answer, but I can't imagine what this movie would've been if I didn't have really, really, really solid and always growing relationships with them." "Also, another question is, 'Are you guys a big family? Do you love each other?' Yeah, but it's more the idea that like if I don't see Taylor for a while I suddenly go, 'Oh,' and you take your phone out. It's not like I see him all the time or every day, but it's just that when you work with people like that, you can give so much since you're so comfortable. You can do no wrong. So, they've got you. I don't know specifically what those men…I think we all just got along and it shows." Have you had a chance to process the impact you've had on so many women and girls? Kristen Stewart: "I love that. I hate when people say, 'What advice do you want to give your fans?' Oh, God, I don't even know how to explain this. The people that I look up to you, you find people in life that are your common thing, like, 'Yeah. I'm like you.' Everyone chooses differently. It's just weird because this question does always sort of present, like, 'So, why are you better?' It's like, 'I'm literally the same,' which is why it's so cool. I thank them, too. For the same reason that they like me, I'd like them. It's common ground, and because I'm placed on this pedestal it looks like, 'Wow, it's so incredible that you can be that way.' It's like, 'Not really because this is so weird. Trust me.' Like, 'Come on up, you'll see. There's really no difference.'" What did you think about all the ado that Rob caused by telling people that since you used a real priest in the wedding scene you two might accidentally be married? Kristen Stewart: "Honestly, that's the first I've heard of it. He couldn't even remember the vows." The priest couldn't? Kristen Stewart: "I mean, I think he was kind of - yeah, maybe he was nervous. He was great. Like I mean, he did great. It's just that he kept saying our names wrong as well. And I think he also called me like, Bella Marie - like Bella Elizabeth, or something. It was like he definitely messed up my middle name. And then, basically, that's a funny story to come out of all of this because that wasn't my memory of it. Do you know what I mean? But, yeah, and was he even necessarily a real ordained minister? I'd like to find out. I don't know..." Bella has some major milestones with the marriage, the honeymoon, the first time and, of course, giving birth. I'm sure that necessitates that you might think about what those things would be for you in the future, particularly the parenting part. When you're wearing the belly for the movie, do you think if you will or won't and if there will be six or one? Kristen Stewart: "It's funny, it's such a far-fetched story, but it's really not if you just compare it to someone who's my age and not in agreement with people that think they're making the wrong decision. That's such a common position to be in. Yeah, of course, this movie does have every milestone in it, or not really, but it crams a lot of milestones into one movie. It was almost like within this series it doesn't last for a very long period of time, but it was much more of a full experience that you'd get to have with something about a girl that age because of her unique situation. I really did get to live like 10 to 15 years in like four to five because everything is so important for them, obviously. All the imposing elements just speed everything up or whatever and make everything, especially with questions like these, very unreal." "Basically, yes, I had all of those experiences. I definitely looked down. Also, my favorite image every single time that I think about this installment, I just think of a cat in the corner with claws out, belly swollen like, 'Stay the f**k away from me.' That's so cool and I would only really identify with that…like, yeah, of course. I can't wait. Lots of milestones, yeah. A million times. Heavy, heavy, heavy." What's on your iPod right now? Are there any specific songs or artists that you want to mention? Kristen Stewart: "This is actually hilarious. I'm doing Snow White right now and it's really weird being here, to be honest, because I'm so very involved in that right now. Adele's new album...honestly, I've choreographed like whole marches with my army behind me. So, I'm listening to that a lot. It's really good for the story, almost oddly good for it, too good for it. It hit the nail right on the head. It's amazing. She's incredible. Not to give everything away about Snow White, I have a few little things that I listen to a lot right now. I kind of only listen to the things that I'm listening to for the movie right now, and like, my regulars. Everyone knows what I listen to already. It's very boring." Are there any qualities of Bella's that you've taken on after portraying her for so many years? Kristen Stewart: "Not really, only because I'm pretty wrapped in her and vice versa. I've always felt like you really project yourself onto that character. If you're the type of girl to identify with Bella, then you just kind of are her. So, it's really hard for me, especially when I'm asked, like, 'How do you make her different?' It's not you, but I genuinely had to justify every decision that she made the whole way through. Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time, but for her, somehow I could not disagree with her - ever. I didn't. So, I'm not sure. I think we're pretty similar at times, but then at times no. It's hard to say."
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Trailer lands for Abduction, starring tween-magnet Taylor Lautner
Taylor Lautner's in a film that isn't Twilight, and by the looks of the trailer, they've even let him wear a t-shirt for some of it.
With the Twilight Saga wrapping up, now’s the time for Peccy McWashboardAbs (or Taylor Lautner to use his stage name) to break out of the wolf pack and forge a career. Action thriller Abduction, out in September, might not be a bad way to get started by the looks of things.Taking the lead in a running, jumping and kicking picture
like this one puts 19-year-old Lautner (oy, I’ve got mascara older than him) in a strong position for future action hero status. Not bad going for the former Mouseketeer who was voicing Scooby-Doo characters not too many years back.
Abduction, also starring Jason Isaacs, Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver and Lily Collins, looks like a Bourne-y affair, with one or two smacks of this year’s Hanna for good measure. Lautner’s character realises his life has been a sham and goes off on an exciting, violence-fuelled mission to find out his true identity.
Directed by action-director John Singleton, Abduction comes out in the UK on the 28th of September. Watch the trailer below.
Bella and Edward get all wet in new pictures for Breaking Dawn: Part 1
A spot of swimming, followed by chess for our favourite vampy couple...
After all that post-marital vampire canoodling, it seems they fancied a game of chess. This is probably some naval-gazing emo metaphor for eternal love, or something. All we know is that Kristen Stewart is wearing extremely little shorts. They might even be knickers, the saucy minx. It seems all bets are off now.
And if we needed further proof they were gonna be getting it on this time, we get a shot of a worried (and preggers) Bella, hopefully on the phone to a divorce court.
The fun begins on 18th November in the UK. See you there.
New look at Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part One
With the release of Breaking Dawn just around the corner, here's another new batch of images to feast your eyes on...
To get you in the mood, here are the latest images from the film, depicting Bella trying on some heels and grabbing her new hubby’s shirt. Oh and there's a large man carrying an even larger log over his shoulder. Looks exciting eh?
Breaking Dawn Part I stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning. It’s directed by franchise newcomer Bill Condon and will be released November 18th in the UK.
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