what a little showboat

Even back during his Sharkboy days, Taylor was awesome! Thank god I never saw that back then b/c then I would really feel weird...

It was Lautner's natural charisma that won over the "Sin City" director. "He had so much personality," he said. "[He's] athletic [and] smart."

Now that Lautner is filming "New Moon" and rumored to be dating "Wizards of Waverly Place" star Selena Gomez, it appears that he has found a place as one of the princes of young Hollywood. "It's no surprise to me that he was going to go on to great things," the director said. "We knew it immediately when we saw him."

Rodriguez is very unwilling to take any credit for Lautner's success, insisting that it's all Taylor's own doing. "He kind of made himself," Rodriguez said. "He may have walked in fully formed."

from vh1

And for those of you who have any doubts about how awesome the fight scenes will be, check this out: