As a former werewolf, Taylor Lautner should be able to grow some seriously impressive facial hair in mere moments. But because spoiler alert Twilight isn't real, the year-old actor has to wear a very noticeably fake beard for his role in Cuckoo , a British comedy airing on BBC Three. In a teaser trailer for the show's second season, Taylor's erratic character begins as scatterbrained, disheveled bearded individual before he transforms into his shirtless, buff and seemingly Zen self. Fortunately for lifelong members of Team Jacob, he accidentally drops his towel around the mark, providing an almost NSFW shot of Taylor in the buff!
Taylor Lautner Gets Naked, Has Beard in Cuckoo Trailer: Video, GIF
It's a preference that defines Twilighters far better than boxers or briefs, paper or plastic, and Democrat or Republican. Either you're one of the dazzled minions who long to become Robert Pattinson's personal spider monkey , a Swiss-like non-committer caught in the middle or one of those rebels who wish that Bella would look to a different side of her love triangle. In "Twilight," Jacob Black is a handsome, wise-beyond-his-years teen who responds to Bella's flirtations by coughing up key information about the town's vampires. Sixteen-year-old Taylor Lautner is an equally handsome heartthrob who approached the MTV crew when we visited the set , eager to spill the beans on his new role. Days before the "Sharkboy and Lavagirl" child actor would begin his first grown-up performance, he made his case for Team Jacob conversions. He's part of the Quileute tribe. He eventually turns into a werewolf, which is really cool.
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Lautner began his acting career playing bit roles in comedy series such as The Bernie Mac Show and My Wife and Kids , before having voice roles in television series like What's New, Scooby-Doo? He also starred in the action film Abduction. In , he played a leading role, Dr. The late s saw Lautner become a teen idol and sex symbol , after extensively changing his physique to keep the role of Jacob Black in further Twilight installments, and generating media attention for his looks.
Andy Samburg leaving the show was always going to be a blow for Cuckoo but Taylor Lautner stripping naked should ease some of the pain. The Twilight star - who replaced Samburg after he left to star in US comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine - plays Cuckoo's son Dale in the new series, who, if the trailer's anything to go by, gets naked quite a lot. The trailer also confirms one plot issue that fans of the sitcom have been wondering about - that Original Cuckoo is dead. But as Cuckoo's son says: "I travelled halfway across the world to find my father and it turns out he's dead. Oh well, gotta keep smiling!