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Heartthrob Robert Pattinson has admitted that co-star Taylor Lautner gave him some serious body-image issues while filming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
This led Pattz to working out hard for six long months to get into shape while preparing for sex scenes with the film’s love interest, Kristen Stewart.
According to Mexican magazine 15a20, when asked about shooting the intimate scenes, Pattinson revealed, “You also have to worry about how you’re going to look. I had never been so worried about that before, but after seeing how much Taylor [Lautner] works out for the movies, I thought, ‘Well, everybody is really going to judge me now.’
He claims it was his insecurities while filming next to ultra-buff hottie Lautner that led him to the gym in an attempt to bulk up his physique.
It turns out however that it wasn’t so easy for the Brit to muscle up, so it took some clever camera techniques to help the actor appear a little more sculpted. He said: “I always tried to think about positions where I could tense the muscles, and suck in my belly. I worked out so hard for six months, so after filming the sex scene, the first thing I thought was, ‘Time to eat!’”
Lautner reportedly put on more than 26 pounds of muscle in between filming “Twilight” and “New Moon” by spending two-and-a-half hours a day in the gym, seven days a week.
But he has since revealed he is no longer enamoured with flexing his pecs, saying: “It has become embarrassing, the only reason I did it is because the character required it and I love the character. So, in a year from now, if I fall in love with a character that requires me to lose weight, I’m ready to do it.”
To be honest, after seeing ‘gym-bimbo’ Lautner’s dire performance in the tepid action flick Abduction earlier this year, I have to say I feel Pattinson hasn’t too much to worry about…his suave British acting abilities prove that indeed brains and talent will stand up against muscle any day!
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is set to open in both the USA and the UK on November 18.
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