And Taylor wanted to do something with an edgy filmmaker, and make it cool and commercial and stuff.
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“They wanted me to do this movie because they wanted to do it quick. They have more heart and more weight.” In fact, Singleton suggested that part of the reason that Lionsgate hired him to helm “Abduction” was both because of his efficiency, and personality, behind the camera.
Like ‘ Four Brothers’ – you look at that film, or the action pictures that I make, they’re totally different from what anybody else would do with them. “I mean, I’m doing things even in these different genre pictures that are personal. “It’s personal in a different way,” he explained. Nevertheless, Singleton insisted that his success in the mainstream hasn’t come at the cost of an intimate connection with the material he chooses. I’m the same guy, really, but I’ve just evolved and gotten older.” “I’m totally different I’ve evolved, I’ve changed, I’ve gotten better, and I’ve gotten more nuanced as a filmmaker. “I’m not the same filmmaker I was when I made that,” he said. Now at the helm of tentpole action thrillers, Singleton admitted that he’s not the same guy who once shepherded that intimate character study from his ‘hood to Hollywood. Singleton first made his name in 1991 when he wrote and directed “ Boyz n tha Hood,” a deeply personal inner-city drama that earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. And then finding out that family isn’t his real family, which is the whole MacGuffin, the genre thing of it.” “I think of it more as a young man who was kind of out of place in the family that he was in, which is something a lot of teenagers feel organically, even if they’re biologically linked to their families. But Singleton said that he turned the film’s most thrilling mysteries into themes that any teenager could relate to. Of course, thanks to a marketing campaign that effectively positioned Lautner as a teenage Jason Bourne, “Abduction” will at least seem familiar to audiences as they enter the theater to watch it. Your Agent Is a Con Artist: 'The Beta Test' Director Jim Cummings Wants to Liberate Indie FilmmakingĪ History of Unsimulated Sex Scenes in Cannes Films, from 'Mektoub' to 'Antichrist'īest True Crime Shows on Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max Harris, His Wild Twitter Thread Adaptation Is Only Start of a Bright New Career Lautner said that in “Breaking Dawn,” Jacob starts out as the same immature character viewers have come to know, but when he realizes the girl he loves has married the vampire, “he’s forced to finally mature, to step up and be a man and deal with those emotions.For 'Zola' Breakout Jeremy O. In fact, Lautner said working on “Abduction” - which he shot before going back to work on “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part One)” and “Part Two” - made him that much better of an actor to return to the Jacob Black role. “‘Abduction’ stretched me as an actor and challenged me emotionally way more than I’ve ever been challenged before.” “If that happened to me, I have no idea what I would do and that’s exactly what Nathan is dealing with,” said Taylor. “I never boxed before and motorcycling was new.”īut acting is more than stunts, and Lautner said he found it challenging to relate to Nathan when the young character learns the life he has led is in fact, a lie.
“I was excited to use my martial arts and some of my athleticism in this, but there were some new things I had never done before,” he said. “But I’m trying not to focus on that.”ĭirected by John Singleton, the film sees Lautner portray a teenager named Nathan who learns that his parents aren’t really his and that his life has been a lie. “I’d be lying if I said I did not feel any pressure whatsoever right now,” Lautner confessed to Reuters. “Abduction” marks the inaugural film of his production company Quick Six, which he runs with his father, Dan Lautner, and the hope is that there will be many more to come. And he must prove not only that he can draw audiences to box offices, but also that Lautner - like Cruise or Pitt or Clooney before him - can be a powerful brand name. Lautner, 19, finds himself the sole person on the movie’s poster with his name above the title - a major fete for any actor in Hollywood. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoniīut on Friday, the boyishly handsome actor with the six-pack strong abdomen hopes to broaden his appeal to wider audiences, headlining movie marquees on his own for the very first time in action thriller “Abduction.”
Cast member Taylor Lautner poses during the world premiere of "Abduction" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California, September 15, 2011.