Taylor Lautner Reveals He Was Scared To Go Out In Public Amid Twilight Fame: I’d Get Super Anxious
Taylor Lautner best known for his playing the werewolf Jacob in the Twilight series recently opened up about the overnight fame that came with the film franchise.
Taylor
Lautner
best
known
for
his
playing
the
werewolf
Jacob
in
the
Twilight
series
recently
opened
up
about
the
overnight
fame
that
came
with
the
film
franchise.
The
actor
during
an
interview
with
Today
said
that
the
fame
was
overwhelming
and
he
couldn't
"live
a
normal
life" without
being
followed.
He
told
the
host
Jason
Kennedy
that
even
after
a
decade
he
could
not
go
out
for
a
grocery
store,
or
a
mall
without
being
recognised.
He
said,
"Not
many
things
in
life
can
come
and
happen
overnight.
Fame
can.
It
also
can
disappear
overnight.
When
I
was
16,
17,
18
years
old,
waking
up
and
trying
to
just
go
out
for
a
walk
or
go
on
a
date
and
I
had
12
cars
waiting
outside
my
house
to
follow
me
wherever
I'm
going
or
show
up
to
an
airport
or
anywhere,
and
you
have
thousands
of
fans
screaming."
Taylor
said
it
was
a
relief
when
he
went
to
a
grocery
store
and
nobody
recognised
him.
He
explained,
"It
felt
like
freedom.
I
went
so
many
years
either
not
leaving
my
house,
or
if
I
did,
hat,
sunglasses,
and
just
like,
scared.
It
built
up
something
inside
of
me
where,
I
didn't
know
it,
but
I
was
scared
to
go
out.
I'd
get
super
anxious
to
go
out.
So
I
just
didn't."
Lautner
added
that
after
staying
away
from
the
spotlight
he
feels
"so
much
better
today
than
I
have
in
the
last
4-5
years."
He
thanked
his
fiancée
for
being
"a
large
part"
of
guiding
him.
Taylor
revealed
that
despite
his
experience
he
does
not
regret
being
part
of
the
franchise.
"If
you
ask
me
now,
now
I
say
'no.'
I
am
happy
because
of
what
it's
taught
me.
It's
made
me
who
I
am
right
now
and
for
that
I'm
thankful," he
concluded.
Twilight
series,
based
on
books
by
Stephenie
Meyer,
became
a
cult
classic
and
had
grossed
over
$3
billion
at
the
box
office.
The
final
film
in
the
Twilight
franchise,
Breaking
Dawn:
Part
2,
was
released
in
2012.