Taylor Lautner trying to become the next Tom Cruise
For a teen wolf known for this abs, Taylor Lautner has some big ambitions. He’s working to make the transition from tween heart throb in the ‘Twilight’ series to a more serious actor. To achieve that, he’s looking at someone else who made the jump from teen pin-up to serious actor: Tom Cruise.
In 2011, Lautner will appear in his first major lead role with “Abduction,” a film that, though a commercial thriller, gave the teen stud a chance to work with an auteur director, John Singleton of “Boyz N the Hood” fame.
Lautner already had admired Cruise, and Singleton coached him on how to follow in the A-lister’s path (professionally).
“I told him to watch the transition from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Rain Man’ to ‘Born on the Fourth of July,'” director John Singleton told The Los Angeles Times. “To think about what he did as a young man and what he did later on. And then think about what you want to do.”
Couch jumping incidents asides, Cruise has quite the prolific career. Cruise made the transition himself, as a young action idol in ‘Top Gun’ to more touching roles in the late eighties. Since, he’s gone back and forth between drama and action, spanning films such as ‘Jerry Maguire’ and ‘Mission: Impossible.’
For his part, Singleton is confident that Lautner can make the switch:
“I think when people see this film [Abduction] they’ll see a more mature Taylor,” Singleton said. “He’s doing this [thing] he’s never done before. He’s funny and charismatic. He has room to breathe that he’s never had before.”
He’s 18.
But more importantly, does he take his shirt off? ::whistle::
Seriously, why Tom Cruise? I mean, there are better actors, by far.
As long as Scientology, mediocre acting, and couch jumping isn’t in the equation, go for it cutie!
Taylor should transition into porn instead.
he’s a stud
So are we to expect that he is going to be an “extreme closet case” like Tom Cruise?
Tom Cruise may be a serious actor but he’s not a very good one.
He mentioned Cruise to remind us that he’s gay himself. Not that it matters, but why so in the closet if you’re unhappy with it Taylor?