Taylor Lautner Says Gus Van Sant, Dustin Lance Black Know He's Not Gay
October 15th, 2011
Actor Taylor Lautner has said that director Gus Van Sant and writer Dustin Lance Black, the team behind the Oscar-winning film Milk, would not hit on him because they know he's straight.
The 19-year-old star of The Twilight Saga film series made his remarks during a cover interview for the Australian edition of men's fashion glossy GQ.
GQ notes that Lautner was paid $7.5 million to appear opposite co-star Lily Collins in the action thriller film Abduction, making him the highest paid teenager in Hollywood, and is slated to earn $10 million for the time-travel film Incarceron.
When Lautner is asked whether Van Sant and Black made a pass at him during a recent dinner, he answers: “No, definitely not. I think they know I'm straight. But they're great guys. They're a lot of fun. It's not a coincidence that there was a writer, a director and an actor at dinner.”
Gay glossy The Advocate asked whether the question was homophobic: “Would GQ have asked Lautner the same question if he'd dined with two older straight women?”
