After filming both the “Breaking Dawn” movies back to back, Taylor Lautner took a break from fantasy romance to pursue action roles. He starred as Nathan Price in the 2011 action thriller “Abduction,” which was produced by his and his father’s company “Tailor Made Entertainment.” Although the movie, which also stars Lily Collins, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Molina, and Dermot Mulroney, only scored 5% on the Tomatometer, Lautner loved getting to do something new. “[The] thing that attracted me to this was that it was different than anything I had ever done before, and I had a great experience with it,” he told Collider at the time.
The stunt-heavy action film was a joy for Lautner, who convinced execs that he was capable of doing all his own stunts — including one where he slid down the glass-covered escalator at PNC Park, and another where he rides on the hood of a truck going around 55mph (although it’s shown as 80mph in the film).
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And in this film, Lautner finally got to use his martial arts training, which was definitely part of the appeal. “It was very exciting that I got to use it for the first time in a movie. It is different because it’s all choreographed, but it was exciting. What was also exciting was being able to learn new things, like boxing, motorcycle riding and wrestling,” Lautner explained. He also did his own stunts in “Tracers,” but unfortunately the 2015 action crime drama didn’t do much to impress critics either.
