Taylor breaks out

No one can deny that Taylor stole the show in New Moon and that he is the breakout star this time around.

Sexy Taylor Lautner is undisputed breakout star of New Moon

New Moon heartthrob Taylor Lautner didn't disappoint his female fans in his new film.

The blockbuster vampire romance flexed some serious box-office muscle this weekend, grossing a staggering $261 million worldwide since its Nov. 20 opening.

If Robert Pattinson was the breakout star ofTwilight, Taylor has emerged as the uncontested leading man in New Moon.

Whenever Lautner, 17, appeared shirtless on the movie screen, girls in movie theaters across the nation squealed with delight.

[Editor's note: At my local theater on Manhattan's Upper East Side, female viewers shouted out "Oh my God!!" every time the ripped Taylor appeared shirtless.]

Lautner, who famously gained 30 pounds of muscle to play hulking werewolf Jacob Black in New Moon, wowed viewers with his rippling 8-pack abs and muscular torso. All the work the athletic teen put into his workout regimen appears to have paid off on-screen.

Indeed, co-star Robert Pattinson recently revealed how unsettling it was to see Lautner's super-buff physique.

"It was incredibly annoying when I saw Taylor's transformation," Pattinson recently said on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. "I realized just having a pre-pubescent girl's body wasn't going to work for me anymore. In fact, I saw him and thought 'Jesus, I'm going to get fired.' "

Taylor recently revealed that he carried around plastic baggies filled with meat and potatoes to eat around the clock in order to gain weight for New Moon.

"Yeah, so I carry around a Baggie and it has meat patties in it," he said. "The worst is not the patties. It's the sweet potatoes. They get raw and cold and gushy." 

In addition to eating every two hours, Lautner did intense weight training and isometric exercises to get his enviable 8-pack and ripped torso.

For now, the young star is enjoying his newfound star status and is working hard. As for the future, the baby-faced Taylor would like to do more action roles.

"I love action films," he said. "I’d love to do an action drama. I’m always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do."

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