Hollywood Dumped Taylor Lautner And It's No Secret Why

The Twilight Saga was extremely successful at the box office, and it gave a significant boost to the careers of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Anna Kendrick.

However, many have wondered what happened to Taylor Lautner, who gained prominence in the film series for playing the shapeshifting Jacob Black. Lautner was part of the Bella, Jacob, and Edward love triangle for all five of the Twilight movies, but his career somehow sputtered away when Twilight ended in 2012.

Since the Twilight movies, Lautner has appeared in the critically panned The Ridiculous 6 and the action movie Tracers, but he hasn't found Twilight-level success again. Here’s why Hollywood dumped Taylor Lautner.

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All about the abs | 0:00
Defined by Twilight | 1:20
Too much money? | 2:06
Abduction flops | 2:54
Panned by critics | 3:50
His passion project flopped | 4:41
Several films were shelved | 5:33
Outside of Hollywood | 6:25
In a committed relationship | 7:10
A future in TV? | 7:56

[Looper]

Do you miss seeing Taylor Lautner in movies?

[SigTheSauceMan]

Still disappointed he didn't come back as Sharkboy.

[amandaredd]

Rob Pattinson is only now just coming into his own after Twilight, so why not Taylor? I wish him well. He seems like a genuinely decent dude.

[mustang]

He's only 28. He still has plenty of time to get back into Hollywood if he wanted to. He's also super rich, has a girlfriend, and is doing well in TV so who needs big box office roles

[hothotheat]

As long as he didn’t blow those Twilight checks and invested his money smartly, he’s set for life. He doesn’t need to work anymore.

[BrainDeadIcon]

If Daniel Radcliffe can break away from Harry Potter I know he can do it.

[g.b]

He needs to be featured in a horror movie. I feel like that’s a great way to show range and break the mould you end up in by being in a big franchise or a block buster movie. Look at Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Shailene Woodley, Kristen Stewart, breaking the mould and trying to break free

[blaze]

Who else got this randomly recommended to you?

[voldo]

Call me a sellout or whatever but if people wanted to pay me millions for easy roles where they just want to get my abs on screen, all aboard!

[demh]

Matthew McConaughey realized years ago that if you want to have a long lasting acting career, you better be able to do more than look good with your shirt off.

[kall]

He earned my Respect when he played that speical guy in that Adam Sandler movie

[nikkitalks]

He’s naturally gifted for action roles. Fall into where you fit in and then branch out from there. People are always fighting against the current, it’s ok to roll with the flow.

[silus]

If he wants a huge boost on career, he should see if he can get in Deadpool 3. Deadpool 2 exploded firefist's stardom

[codenamekendall]

I feel like he would be better in comedic roles, he has potential

[oatlord]

K this is about him, but who would have ever guessed Pattison would become batman.

[colorcommentary]

I wouldn't mind seeing him as a main villain in the Robert Pattinson Batman movies. How ironic.

[katenga]

Its a shame, he's a good actor, hope he gets back

[champana]

I didn‘t realise how really YOUNG Lautner is. Everyone was talking about how Young Stewart was when Twillight started but he was really just a baby at hardly 16 years old. He is still so young and he still has a name. I wish him the best, I think he is a very Sweet person.

[jasonmay]

I actually thought "Abduction" was pretty good. Great fight sequences and Lautner is a savage in it. I thought it would be a good jump off for him to do more action roles similar to the Bourne films. But that wasnt meant to be. Unfortunately.

[tylerdurden]

Honestly this sounds a lot like what happened to the friends cast.