Taylor Lautner Talks Affect of Twilight Staff Edward vs. Jacob Rivalry – The Hollywood Reporter

Taylor Lautner is opening up concerning the affect the fan rivalry between his Twilight character and Robert Pattinson’s had on him.

Throughout Thursday’s episode of The Toast podcast, Lautner appeared on the phase along with his spouse, Tay Lautner. When requested if the discourse that followers brought about between his character, Jacob Black, and Pattinson’s character, Edward Cullen, bought to him, he stated, “I really feel like I’d be mendacity if I stated, ‘No.’”

When the primary movie primarily based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novels got here out in 2008, insanity rapidly erupted amongst a devoted fandom as they selected sides with who they believed was the most effective match to be the love curiosity of Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan.

“I used to be so younger, like I used to be 16 when Twilight got here out, 17 for New Moon and Eclipse. I completed the franchise by the point I used to be 19,” the Abduction star stated. “I used to be so younger and yeah, I do really feel prefer it was very unusual, you realize, touring the world and being in several cities and having like hundreds of screaming followers both take your facet or the opposite man’s facet.”

He continued, “We’re [Taylor and Robert] a group. Like we’re each simply making an attempt to make the most effective, you realize, motion pictures. However yeah, it was a bit of weird, the like competitiveness. And there wasn’t a competitiveness between me and Rob however having that fixed reminder, it undoubtedly … had an affect.”

The Twilight franchise, which produced a complete of 5 movies over half a decade, grossed over $3 billion on the field workplace.

The Scream Queens actor has beforehand been candid concerning the fame he skilled whereas starring within the motion pictures. Throughout a 2022 interview on the Right this moment present, he admitted that he didn’t go away his home out of worry of being acknowledged, saying, “It constructed up one thing within me the place, I didn’t realize it, however I used to be scared to exit. I’d get tremendous anxious to exit. So I simply didn’t.”

The fifteenth anniversary of Twilight, the primary installment within the franchise, will likely be this fall.