iVillage Compares Robert and Taylor's Careers

No one in Hollywood is hotter right now than Twilight actors Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Producers are clamoring to put them in movies, and the two actors -- Pattinson, 23 and Lautner, 18 -- can pretty much make any kind of film they choose. So it’s interesting that their post-Twilight movie careers are shaping up to be so drastically different.

Lautner, 18, has just signed on for an action thriller called Abduction, about a man who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website. Lautner will also be playing a super-powered secret agent fighting terrorists in the film Max Steel, a martial arts fighter who has to save his kidnapped friends on vacation in Cancun, and the titular body-stretching superhero in Stretch Armstrong. Notice a pattern here? Lautner is definitely gunning to be the next big action hero, following a path similar to the one Will Smith took in the mid-90s.

Pattinson, on the other hand, is steering away from adrenaline-fueled hero roles and choosing small, intense character pieces. Next up is March’s Remember Me, in which the 23-year-old actor plays a tortured college student who finds romance after a family tragedy. Then, post-Eclipse, he’ll be making three period pieces: Bel Ami, about a lothario who sleeps his way to the top in 19th-century Paris (co-starring Uma Thurman); Unbound Captives, about a frontiersman whose children are kidnapped (also starring Hugh Jackman); and Circus, about a Depression-era circus (with Reese Witherspoon as the love interest). These choices are reminiscent of the films made by Johnny Depp earlier in his career.

So while Lautner’s new films will show off his abs, Pattinson’s movies will flex his acting muscles. Both are good strategies for staying in the spotlight -- and while Lautner may emerge the richer man, we see Oscar buzz in Pattinson’s future.

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'Twilight' stars Pattinson, Lautner, Stewart branch out

They've monopolized magazine covers and encouraged moviegoers around the world to spend more than $1 billion at the box office. Surely, the three young stars of the Twilight franchise —Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart— have earned a break in between big-screen installments of their supernatural saga.

Not if they desire careers that require more than just being a brooding vampire, a hard-bodied werewolf and the sulky girl who loves them. When it comes to life after multi-part blockbusters such as the Star Wars trilogies, opportunity often awaits. But so does type-casting, poor decision-making and outright rejection. Only a chosen few rise to Harrison Ford heights.

That might explain why each of the Twilight trio has at least one film coming long before the third outing based on Stephenie Meyer's literary phenom, Eclipse, arrives June 30.

Not exactly newcomers

Lautner, 18, got a head start in the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, which has collected $87.4 million in 10 days. Fellow heartthrob Pattinson, 23, stars as a James Dean for the Twitter generation in the romantic drama Remember Me, opening March 12.

Meanwhile, Stewart, 19, leaves behind all traces of chaste heroine Bella Swan as she dons black leather as Joan Jett in the rock 'n' roll bioThe Runaways, due March 19 — but not until she joins William Hurt on a road trip in The Yellow Handkerchief this Friday.

It's not as if all three don't have a résumé of sorts. Stewart is the most experienced, playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the 2002 thriller Panic Room and appearing in Into the Wild in 2007. Lautner starred in 2005's Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D, and Pattinson was in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

But Twilight's cultural stronghold tends to overwhelm any other credits. "Being associated with one thing for so long can be detrimental," says Paul Dergarabedian, box-office tracker for Hollywood.com. Also, the massive popularity of such works as The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter books can undercut the importance of the actors.

Developing an identity beyond the Twilight zone will depend on the future projects the actors pick and the company they keep. "Look at Anna Kendrick," Dergarabedian says, referring to the actress who plays Stewart's friend in the Twilight films. "She earned instant credibility after working with George Clooney and director Jason Reitman in Up in the Air. Now she's Oscar-nominated."

It helps that older male filmmakers tend to be clueless about Twilight mania. Valentine's Day's Garry Marshall had never heard of Lautner or werewolf Jacob when the studio suggested the ab-crunched lad for his ensemble cast. "I'm about 107," says the director, 75. "I don't know who is popping."

Lautner's schedule was free only after shooting began, so Marshall quickly checked out the trailer for last fall's New Moon. "I saw he could jump around and that his shirt was never on, which we turned into a joke. Who could guess he was a fine actor?"

Marshall soon realized the benefits of squeezing in a Twilight lead among the more established performers, who include Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper and both McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) and McSteamy (Eric Dane) from TV's Grey's Anatomy. For one thing, the brief real-life relationship that developed between the two Taylors — Lautner and Swift — grabbed gossip headlines and produced pre-opening buzz.

Plus, "he gets the biggest yell-out during the opening titles," says Marshall, who wisely padded Lautner's part after noticing his flair for comedy — as well as after hearing the screams of the hundred or so fans on the film's high school set. "He's a sweet kid, unspoiled by Hollywood so far."

Pattison was 'limited'

Remember Me director Allen Coulter is relieved that he had little awareness of Edward Cullen, Pattinson's bloodsucking alter ego, when he signed up the British actor. Instead, he was impressed by how bright Pattinson is and his instinctive understanding of the role.

"If I had seen Twilight," he says, "I might not have hired him. He is so limited by the kinds of traits he has to express. It's not that psychologically complex."

Not only does Remember Me offer Pattinson a chance to play a mere mortal with a keener sense of irony and humor than his oft-tortured Twilight hero ("He shows his playful side," Coulter says), he also gets to hold his own with such adult actors as Pierce Brosnan as his distant father and Chris Cooper as a hard-nosed cop who misjudges him.

Considering the New York-based drama centers on a touching love story between Pattinson's emotionally adrift young man and a fellow college student (Emilie de Ravin of Lost), Coulter isn't adverse to capitalizing on his star's status as a messy-haired, swoony-eyed sex symbol. "I hope the rabid interest in Rob as a personality helps the box office. It would be foolish to say otherwise." And, unlike the Twilight films, in which Bella and Edward's passion remains unconsummated because of his vampire issues, Pattinson is free to engage in PG-13 boudoir action.

Stewart, who was hired for The Runaways the day after the first Twilight movie opened in 2008, immersed herself into her musical persona, from cutting her own hair into a '70s shag to assuming the perfect guitar-slinging slouch.

Flora Sigismondi, director of The Runaways, sensed Stewart was eager for an R-rated change of pace, even if it left younger Twilight worshipers behind. "Bella forces her to be more in her head and introspective," she says. "Joan is far more physical, and Kristen invested that energy in her acting. This is punk rock and primal."

Sigismondi adds, "She walked differently, acted differently. Her body changed. It was, 'Where is Kristen?' "

The director was taken aback when Twilight frenzy intruded upon her shoot in Los Angeles. "The paparazzi would follow Kristen into the production office and shoot her when she was just entering doors or exiting cars," she says of the actress, who has been linked off-screen to Pattinson. "It was overwhelming. But she was cool about it. She's got a handle on how to live her own life."

More on the horizon

No rest for the Twilight threesome yet. They all have other projects lined up in various stages of development — each hinting at the types of roles they see themselves doing post-Twilight.

If Bella idolizers think Stewart as an f-bomb-spewing lesbian rocker is a mind-blower, wait until they catch her pole-dancing hooker who is "adopted" by grieving couple James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo in Welcome to the Rileys, which was just picked up for distribution and is expected to open in the fall.

Pattinson will try his hand at being a Parisian social climber who uses sex to get ahead in Bel Ami, which is filming now and co-stars Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas. He is also in talks to join Reese Witherspoon and Sean Penn in Water for Elephants, based on the novel about a Depression-era circus.

Lautner is tied to not one but two potential franchises based on action heroes, extreme-sports enthusiast Max Steel and Stretch Armstrong, based on the stretchy boy toy from the '70s.

Marshall, for one, thinks the kid is moving in the right direction. "He has the presence and the firm jaw to lead an action film," he says. "He can say, 'Yo, secure the perimeter.' I didn't whisper 'Chekov' in his ear. I said, 'You can go run and save people.' "

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Metromix Movie Awards for 2009

Hottest sex symbol
Winner: Robert Pattinson in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" 73%

Best romantic chemistry
Winner: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" 86%

Guiltiest pleasure
Winner: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" 82%

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"People's Choice Awards" - Robert wins as part of "Favorite On-Screen Team" and "Favorite Movie"

Robert won as part of "Favorite On-Screen Team" along with Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart.

Twilight also won as "Favorite Movie" and The Twilight Saga as "Best Franchise"


Congrats to Taylor Lautner for "Breakout Movie Actor"

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Will Robert attend the "Golden Globes"?

Will "Twilight Saga" stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner attend next month's Golden Globes?

The Dish Rag has it on good authority that it's a definite possibility.

And if they do, there's also a very good chance we'll see them afterwards at at least one of the five official parties that night. OMG, this is better news than Rob's unreleased photos!

There are five parties already confirmed to take place on Sunday, Jan. 17, inside the Beverly Hilton where the Globes are traditionally held.

And fledgling film company Summit Entertainment (yes, the "Twilight Saga" studio) has joined the ranks of the big studio parties being thrown at the hotel by Universal, NBC, Warner Bros, HBO, and Harvey and Bob Weinstein.

As usual, there will the infamous Instyle/Warner Bros bash down in the Oasis Courtyard.

And then there's the Universal/NBC/Focus fete, held high on the hotel roof overlooking Beverly Hills, followed by the always hot HBO bash at Circa 55, spreading out around the pool. Then there's Weinstein Company's celebration, traditionally held in the former Trader Vic's space.

But the big news is that distributor Summit Entertainment -- the folks who brought us the infectiously successful "Twilight Saga: New Moon as well as the critically lauded "The Hurt Locker" -- will hold its very first onsite Golden Globe party this year.

We hear it will be in the Stardust Room.

We're thinking at least a couple supernatural attendees will be mandatory.

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Robert, Taylor, New Moon and Eclipse winners of Moviefone's Year End Poll

We all know what movie critics’ like, since they’ve been getting together to announce the year’s best since early December. But what about movie fans? Or at least those movie 200,000+ fans who’ve bothered to vote in a poll at Moviefone.com?

Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon was chosen — oops! Wrong poll. Let me try again:

At Moviefone.com, Chris Weitz’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon was named best movie (global box office: $662 million) with more than 40 percent of the vote. The film’s male star, Robert Pattinson, was chosen the sexiest actor, followed by his New Moon rival Taylor Lautner, the "male breakout star" of 2009.

Curiously, voters were markedly divided when it came to Revenge of the Fallen. Bay’s saga about the eternal fight between robots and humans (or what passes for human in today’s blockbusters), was chosen as the year’s worst film, the best action movie, and the second-most disappointing release after Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the most anticipated movie of 2010, followed by Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Sandra Bullock was the best actress for The Blind Side.

Considering that she gets to be (emotionally) sandwiched between Pattinson and Lautner in both New Moon and the upcoming Eclipse, Kristen Stewart should have been voted the luckiest star of 2009, but I don’t believe there was such a category anywhere. Maybe next year. Megan Fox, the star of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, was both the sexiest and the worst actress of the year. There are worse combos, you know?

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New Munich Press Conference Pictures

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2 new videos from the Madrid Fan Event

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New/Old Pictures of Robert, Taylor and Kris in Munich

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Moviefone's The Top 10 Movie Entertainers of 2009

3. Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner

Whether we were on Team Edward or Team Jacob, a lot of us couldn't stop talking all year about 'Twilight,' and how last year's initial installment had whetted our appetite for the vampire/werewolf/teen-girl triangle to come. The stakes were high, but the anticipation paid off in 'New Moon.' In a year where pop culture everywhere seemed to be crawling with vampires, these neckbiters were the ones we couldn't stop obsessing over.

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New "New Moon" Stills

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