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Lautner Suits Up as Stretch Armstrong

Twilight star being groomed as next action star.

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Taylor Lautner may be one of the most muscle-bound actors in Hollywood, but is he flexible? Audiences will soon find out, as Twilight’s breakout star has signed on to play Stretch Armstrong in an upcoming film for Universal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie, based on Hasbro’s classic toy of the same name, is part of a larger plan to position Lautner as Hollywood’s go-to action star over the course of the next decade. An executive for the studio said, “In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office.”

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