If you follow me on Twitter you may remember when I pointed out that things were getting pretty hairy for Taylor Lautner of Twilight who played Jacob Black in the first movie. There was some discussion and debate over if he would be allowed to continue on as Jacob in New Moon.
As Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter of Twilight and New Moon, said, "Jacob is a totally different character in New Moon. He's a foot taller and huge — and he's supposed to look 25. It's really a question of whether or not the same actor can play the role." Rosenberg also noted, ''He has to play a romantic lead against Rob, who's a 22 year old man. That's a tall order.''
It will indeed be a tall order to fill. Jacob has to look like walking talking temptation in his human form and if you've seen Lautner, you know he can play the younger Jacob easily. His face is smooth, young, he looks like a teenage boy. But can he play a 25 year old looking Jacob Black?
There has been division within Team Jacob about Lautner's ability to portray Jacob. If you remember, I mentioned in my review of Twilight how many girls switched loyalties to Team Edward because they didn't think Lautner was appealing or worthy of the part as Bella's other romantic option.
As rumors go Steven Strait and Michael Copon were once thought to be making bids of their own to become New Moon's Jacob. Both look like they could pull off the part, but in the end the rumors were unsubstantiated.
About a week ago Summit Entertainment announced officially that Lautner will continue on as Jacob Black in New Moon. So how is he going to bulk up, grow taller, and lose the rounded baby face for a more rugged, sharp cheekbones, look? I don't know, but we'll find out.
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Taylor Lautner will be Jacob Black in New Moon…It says so on stephenie meyer’s website.
http://stepheniemeyer.com/newmoon_movie.html
Good news about New Moon from director Chris Weitz:
I’m very happy to announce that Taylor Lautner will be playing Jacob Black in New Moon and that he’s doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit Entertainment, the producers, and Stephenie Meyer.
The characters in Stephenie’s books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part. I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I’m looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film.
very best
Chris Weitz
More on the wolf pack has been announced at Summit Entertainment which you can read here:
Right that was all part of Summit’s official announcement.