LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For the legions of teenage fans of Twilight, Taylor Lautner, also known as Jacob Black, the werewolf, a vampire that rivals the love for a young woman.
But on Friday, handsome little boy six pack actor hopes to expand its appeal to a wider audience, marquee headlining films alone for the first time the action-thriller of kidnapping.
Lautner, 19, is the only person on the poster with his name above the title - a great feast for any actor in Hollywood. And he must prove not only that it can attract audiences to the teller, but that Lautner - like Cruise or Pitt and George Clooney before him - can be a powerful brand.
Removing marks the first film of his production company Fast Six, which he manages with his father, Dan Taylor Lautner, and the hope is that there will be many more to come.
"I'd be lying if I said I do not feel pressure at all times," Lautner admitted to Reuters. "But I try not to focus on it."
Directed by John Singleton, the film Lautner have a teenager named Nathan, who learns that his parents are not really his and that his life was a lie.
When he is hit by trained killers for reasons unknown to him, Nathan runs away with his neighbor (Lilly Collins), Karen. While evading capture, he and Karen piece together the truth about his life while protecting themselves from certain death.
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While Lautner has worked tirelessly in the film and television for over 10 years - including roles in The Adventures of Shark Boy and 3-D and Lava Girl Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - he said he n was not "before the media started buzzing about New Moon, the second installment of the franchise Twilight, he began to be contacted for other projects.
He was attracted to the abduction, because he "fell in love with nature, the journey continued and I knew it would be a challenge for me physically and emotionally."
Taylor Lautner - who is a martial arts champion - was willing to take the tricks needed for the action-packed movie.
He said that the Twilight movie is now wrapped up, "It 'strange, knowing that we have no intention of returning to these characters that we have lived for the past four years. It' was sad when we stopped because we were all so close. The most big thing I took away from the relationship. "
Taylor and feelings are not limited to his co-stars, but for fans of Twilight, too.
"I owe everything," he said. "Those who have supported us over the past four years are the reason I was able to make this movie, so I definitely made for removing them."