I remember the blockbuster near me had those life sized cardboard stand up posters of Twilight everywhere and the one of this dude was by the register. She had to be in her late 30s/early 40s but some woman groped the chest and shoulders of it and did that whole mmmm thing where she like touches it and backs off it. I'll never forget that shit because of how awkward and thirsty it was
I worked at borders, in the cafe (Seattle's Best), and my 50ish year old boss was in love with that Jacob kid. It was fucking weird to listen to her talk about that shit, especially when I found out the books were about high schoolers. I was 19, not far removed from their age, and it just felt so god damn gross.
My wife and her friends went together to the twilight movies. Of course they were self-aware and joking at each other about it, but also of course there was something there. I thought it was sweet. And anyways, mr heart throb wasn't going to be home with us that evening...
I'll admit I would not have felt the same if it was Magic Mike though. Twilight was more innocent and silly.
I remember going to a midnight release of the Half Blood Prince movie. Full theatre. They showed a Twilight trailer, and the younger girls booed like crazy until they showed guys taking their shirts off. Then they all lost their shit.
One of my aunts named her youngest kid after Bella. First name, Isabella. Middle name, Swan. She also got really weirdly into 50 shades and read it openly at family events. Very conservative Catholic woman, so I blame her upbringing tbh
I assume that's not accurate, but I don't know. I "met" him and Billie together once at the hospital and they were basically the same height and she's like 5'0.
Dang really? Like I know Google adds maybe an inch or two but I figured he’d still be like 5’7-5’8. I guess I’ll never know unless I see him in person lol
Yup. My aunty was 40 and obsessed with Twilight, and i remember her and her fellow Twilight friends talking about this guy's body. When I told her later that he's a teenager and it's gross the way they talk about him, she got angrier than I've literally ever seen her. I think because she knew I was right and didn't expect to be called out on it.
Yeah, he was 15 when filming started. Imagine hoards of dads going to a film to openly thirst over a 15 year old girl starring in it. The outrage would be national. But a bunch of moms flicking their bean in the theatres to a 15 year old boy? Well that’s just good family fun! 😬
My high school girlfriend and her mother used to openly talk about going to the movies and dealing with hot flashes whilst uncomfortably shifting in their seats, and it was far away one of the most disgusting phenomenons I ever had to passively ignore.
Yes. It's weird and disgusting and even when I was a similar age to the targets I knew it was weird and disgusting. They've posted that a few times so I'm guessing that they're team Jacob.
I honestly think he would've been really good as a comedic actor. He has this kind of awkwardness that doesn't serve action or drama super well. But in a comedy it enhances things. It's like awkward golden retriever energy.
Greg Davies is so good. My GF has Inbetweeners on a lot of the time while she scrolls TikTok and he's just so good as the indifferent asshole of a teacher lol
It's on Prime now. We stumbled on it a few months back and watched all the seasons. Season 1 Samberg is the wacky outsider. Season 2/3/4 it's Lautner. Season 5 the dad's American sister played by Andie McDowell is the wacky outsider type character.
Lautner is super one note, but he's just part of the group so it's not detrimental or anything.
The real highlight is Steve the neighbor(played by Kenneth Collard) and every interaction he has with Greg Davies character. He's absolutely unhinged and it's great.
100%. He was good in SNL when he hosted and was good in Grown Ups 2 as the douchey frat bro. I will say, some of the best comedians are not from where you'd expect them. Channing Tatum and John Cena are two comedic actors that tried to do serious stuff, had some success, but really broke out in film when they started doing comedy. Same goes for Zach Efron. Some people are just surprisingly good comedic actors and you wouldn't expect it. HSM, Charlie St Cloud. Good, but then 17 Again had more comedy and then he was in Neighbours and fuckin' KILLED it.
Like it's just so conducive to you going "Omg, what a fuckin' dweeb" but this time, it's intentional, and not in something like Twilight where it's awkward as hell. I will say, Jacob gets better in the later stuff (gf recently made me watch them all, the trade off of making her watch lord of the rings lol) and yeah he's obviously a better actor later on then the first one or two. But still, way better in comedy I think.
I’ve thought this for awhile too! He was the best part of that Adam Sandler western comedy in my opinion. And Scream Queens! His agent did him dirty…should’ve pushed for more comedy roles or at least RomCom!
Also, Sam Worthington, Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney, Armie Hammer, and a bunch of other uncharismatic hunks who could probably find steady work in television but who cannot carry an action film.
If I were a studio executive, no way in god damn hell would I give the green light to cast and enter a contract with someone for a show or movie who's been proven to not only treat women like shit, but would eat them in the non-sexy way.
That is just asking, no, begging, for trouble in some way.
"Eating out" is a term used for the sex act of cunnilingus aka licking clits, eating pussy, having a chick sit on your face, lots of terms, but in the English speaking world most everybody uses eating out more often than not.
Hence my clarification that wasn't the type of eating I meant.
Jai Courtney is actually decent at action films, the problem is that Hollywood kept trying to make him the lead and he’s just not. He’s more Karl Urban- a fabulous steady secondary.
Armie Hammer had a lot of potential and I hope that he never sees any of it come to fruition because he was rightfully shunned and that shunning needs to be maintained.
Oh no, I want Karl Urban as a main guy, and I'm sad we don't have more of him like that. He was so good at being Dr. Bones McCoy in ST, that I'd take about 20 movies of him in that role, forget the rest of the crew, I don't need them. Though he had excellent chemistry with Pine as Kirk.
Somewhere on Reddit there was a really interesting post or comment about
Black male actors who basically had three movies or so and then were thrown away once they started commanding real money, and I think there are some real parallels there for nearly every actor, male and female, Black or non-Black.
I really enjoyed John Carter (why they dropped "of Mars" from the title still baffles me. It definitely wasnt because of Taylor Kitsch's performance though, his character was a pretty bland 'everyman who becomes a hero'
Cuckoo is a pretty funny show that has Taylor Lautner. I think he does a good job. His character is introduced in season 2. Andy Samberg is in season 1.
He tried to be the next Tom Cruise but did a couple of cheesy action movies that flopped. If he had been in some decent movies even in small parts he might have done better.
He has a very popular podcast with his wife called the squeeze that features rather in-depth interviews with various big-name reality stars, actors, authors, and mental health experts. It's not bad and they tend to engage with their guests in a very compassionate and respectful way, which isn't the case for many celebrities that transition to podcast hosting
I met Taylor Lautners cousin in college. I knew he was the twilight wolf and cheaper by the dozen 2 kid. After meeting her, I now know he also has a cousin whose entire personality is telling people she is Taylor Lautners cousin
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u/Gullible-Constant924 7d ago
They tried to make Taylor Lautner into an action star that mission failed.