I’m guessing you’ve already picked up the latest copy of Entertainment Weekly, or at the very least, saw the magazine’s feature on New Moon online, as part of their fall movie preview.  To be honest, there weren’t really many new details on the article: it’s stuff we’ve already heard about, from Chris Weitz coming in as director to Taylor Lautner buffing up to become a bulkier Jacob.  And then there are the behind-the-scenes stuff which actually sound fun.  But, in a pretty odd manner, I realized that–unlike in Twilight, where the attention was on Robert Pattinson–this time around, it’s Taylor’s turn on the hot seat.

Makes sense, really.  Edward doesn’t want to give Bella any trouble, and decides to just disappear.  Jacob decides to fill the gap until he leaves her torn between two lovers.  Not to mention he becomes a werewolf and, before that, bulkier since he’s grown up.  I can only imagine how it weighs down on Taylor, especially when you consider what Robert told the magazine: “It was a stress-free job for three months.  All the pressure was on Taylor.”

And pressure it is, indeed.  He almost didn’t get the role, remember?  It was a mix of fan clamor and the need for continuity (that was eventually broken when Rachelle Lefevre lost Victoria for Eclipse) that powered his return, I think.  And then came the hard work: he did work out a lot and, according to Taylor himself, the 11-month training got too much at one point.  ”My body fat got so low that we actually needed to increase it a little bit,” he said.  ”My trainer would be like, ‘Go have a huge milkshake just so I can get a thousand calories into your body.’”

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