Taylor Lautner is stepping back into the spotlight — and revealing his complicated feelings about it.
The Twilight star is making his comeback (with his new film Home Team ) after taking a break from Hollywood for several years. Apart from a stint on the BBC sitcom Cuckoo , he hasn’ t acted at all in over 5 years! But it seems like the hiatus gave the actor a lot of clarity about the insane level of success he experienced during their time as part of the infamous Bella-Jacob-Edward love triangle.
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In a new interview with Today , the 29-year-old reflected on the reaction to the iconic vampire romance franchise. 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 even anywhere, and you have thousands of fans screaming. ”
The insanity forced the Scream Queens alum to avoid public places like grocery stores, malls, and movie theaters for a full decade. He explained:
“ 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 proceed out. So I just didn’ t. ”
When the 29-year-old was finally able to go to the store without the fuss, “ It felt like freedom. ” But there were downsides to his declining popularity, as well. He admitted:
“ In the moment, it’ s like, it got frustrating because you just wanted to live a normal life. But then, when that’ s taken away from you at all, to start to question yourself and start in order to be like ‘ Oh, do people not care about me personally anymore? ’ And it goes away a little bit. You notice it and that’ s the particular dangerous part, because that may really mess with your mind. ”
Of course, the fan encounters never stopped completely, as he told People :
“ Before that, to be honest, it was mainly the ‘ Twi-moms’ that will would still stop me in the streets. ”
Taylor shared that “ teenagers” have even started recognizing him again now that typically the Twilight movies are available to stream.
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In his Today interview, he revealed that he feels “ so much better today than I have in the last 4-5 years, ” thanks in “ large part” to his fiancée Taylor Dome (who is a Twilight fan but a “ diehard Team Edward fan” BTW! ). Asked if he felt such as the “ fame was worth it, ” he replied:
“ Four, five years ago, I would have said maybe I wish that We didn’t go through it. But if you ask me now, now I actually say, no, I am happy because of what it’s taught me. It’s made me who My partner and i am right now and for that I’m thankful. ”
We’re so glad to hear that Taylor took this time he needs to get within a healthy headspace, and we’re really glad to see him making his comeback! Can’t wait to see his new movie!
Ch-ch-check out often the full interview (below):
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