Taylor Lautner 'Turns Down X-Men Role'

According to producer Bryan Singer, he is just too busy...

Taylor Lautner has turned down a part in X-Men: First Class.

Despite being offered a prominent role by X-Men producer Bryan Singer, the Twilight hunk has been forced to decline the part due to other work commitments.

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Singer explained: “I wanted Taylor to do it, I really did. He’s doing a movie in Pittsburgh called Abduction, and then he’s got the next Twilight movie."

He added: "We talked about it a lot. He is a friend. And I really wanted to make it work. It just doesn’t look like it’s possible to do it.”

Having shot to fame in the Twilight Saga, Lautner also recently revealed that it is not just teenage girls who are huge fans of his.

The 18-year old actor told Now magazine: "People say Twilight is what teenage girls are into and I'm like, yeah, but that's not just it. Most of the time it's the mums who are actually more passionate!"

Lautner continued that he was shocked when a more mature fan asked him to sign her underwear, claiming: "This woman and her teenage daughter are walking up. And the mum's shaking, she's just so excited."

"They get to the front table and the woman goes, "Taylor, I'm wearing panties that have your name on them. If I find a way to take them off and have you sign them, is that OK?"

"And the daughter's like, "Mum, come on!" And her mum's like, "Honey, it's OK, this is what we do at these signings!" The daughter was so embarrassed."

We can only imagine…

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