Taylor Lautner Calls Twilight Fandom's Edward-Vs-Jacob Rivalry "Bizarre": It "Definitely Had An Impact" On Friendship With Robert Pattinson
Twilight's faux rivalry between Edward Cullen and Jacob Black had real-life consequences on the friendship between Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson, the actors playing the aforementioned supernatural characters.
When asked if the Edward-vs-Jacob matchup got to him, Lautner said, "I feel like I’d be lying if I said, ‘No.’"
Speaking on The Toast podcast, Lautner added: "I was so young, like I was 16 when Twilight came out, 17 for New Moon and Eclipse. I finished the franchise by the time I was 19. I was so young and yeah, I do feel like it was very strange, you know, travelling the world and being in different cities and having like thousands of screaming fans either take your side or the other guy’s side.
"We’re [Taylor and Robert] a team. Like we’re both just trying to make the best, you know, movies. But yeah, it was a little bizarre, the competitiveness. And there wasn’t a competitiveness between me and Rob but having that constant reminder, it definitely … had an impact."
Lautner, now 30, previously admitted the Twilight years were so intense that he often didn't go out in public.
He said: "Not many things in life can come and happen overnight. Fame can. It also can disappear overnight. When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, waking up and trying to just go out for a walk or go on a date and I had 12 cars waiting outside my house to follow me wherever I’m going or show up to an airport or anywhere, and you have thousands of fans screaming.
"I went so many years either not leaving my house, or if I did, hat, sunglasses, and just like, scared. It built up something inside of me where, I didn’t know it, but I was scared to go out. I’d get super anxious to go out. So, I just didn’t."The first Twilight movie turns 15 in November.
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