The wolfman
He might be the youngest of the trio but Taylor Lautner, who has played werewolf Jacob Black in all five films, is arguably the most relaxed during the interviews.
Flashing a movie-star smile, the buff-looking 20-year-old says he’s ‘‘feeling good’’ about the end of the franchise. ‘‘I mean I think there’s mixed emotions for everyone,’’ he adds.
‘‘It’s a bummer it’s coming to an end and it’s going to be tough to say goodbye, but at the same time it’s exciting to get this last one out there and have the fans see it and wrap up the franchise.’’
Though Jacob vied for Bella’s affections in the past (prompting Twihards to choose whether they were Team Edward or Team Jacob), his future’s now entwined with that of Bella and Edward’s daughter.
And as her protector he spends most of this final movie within sight of Renesmee. ‘‘I don’t even know where to begin with Mackenzie [Foy, who plays Renesmee]. She’s the cutest little girl in the world, so funny and talented,’’ he says of his young co-star.
Lautner, who hails from Michigan, reveals he hadn’t heard of Twilight before being cast.
‘‘I’d never even heard of the books and then, after we made the first movie, we were hoping that some of the people who’d enjoyed the books would enjoy the movie.
‘‘But we had no idea it would turn out like this, not in my wildest imagination,’’ he says.
As close as he is to Stewart and Pattinson now, he remembers it being tricky in the early days. ‘‘It was strange because I was barely in Twilight, so I showed up halfway through filming and everybody knew each other.
‘‘I was kind of the new kid on the block so it started off a little bit awkward but that soon changed.’’
He smiles and says he still can’t look at his early images, wearing Jacob’s mullet wig.
‘‘Whenever someone shows me a picture of it I’m like, ‘ Argh’. It’s tough to look at that!’’ he says laughing.