Taylor Lautner Talks Almost Losing Jacob Black After 'Twilight,' Reveals Who Pushed Him to Start Gaining Muscle Before 'New Moon'

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Taylor Lautner is recalling how he was almost recast as Jacob Black after the first Twilight movie.

If you didn’t know, the 31-year-old actor nearly lost his role due to how small and slim he was in the first film, and his character goes through a major physical transformation between the first and second books/movies.

In a new interview, Taylor opened up about how he had to re-audition for the role, how Kristen Stewart helped him get the role again, just how close to filming he found how he re-booked it, and who pushed him to start his physical transformation early. Keep reading to find out more… “The first time I had heard of [being recast] was shortly after the first movie came out, but I knew that if the first movie did well, they were going to want to start filming the second movie pretty shortly after, like at the beginning of the new year,” Taylor shared on the Good Guys podcast. “I’ve read the books, so I know where my character goes, so thankfully long before the first movie came out, I started my transformation journey.” He then went on to explain how the studio didn’t know that he was already putting on weight and muscle. “Right after the movie came out, it did very well, they decided we’re greenlighting the second movie, I got a phone call my from my agents and my managers saying, ‘Hey, you know, tough news, but the studio just called us and they let us know that they thank you for your participation in the first movie, but they’re going to be moving on and recasting for the second movie,” Taylor says. “I kind of saw it coming, but what the studio didn’t know is I started my journey probably nine months before that call,” he adds. Taylor said his team then asked the studio if they had seen him recently and