New Moon star Taylor Lautner said he ate every two hours to bulk up for the new movie

New Moon star Taylor Lautner said he ate every two hours to bulk up for the new movie.

The 17-year-old lad has many shirtless scenes in the new flick, where he plays the werewolf Jacob Black, and he revealed it wasn’t without a lot of work.

He said to UK newspaper Daily Record: “I was in the gym five days a week, because it’s important to get your recovery time.

“I was trying to put on weight and if I was in the gym too much, I’d be burning the calories I’m trying to take in.

“The most important thing was the eating side. It was hard eating so much. I had to consume at least 3,200 calories a day just to maintain the weight. And I wasn’t trying to maintain, I was trying to gain.

“So I had to eat more than that, putting something in my mouth every two hours. And I was busy. I was in downtown LA, going from meeting to meeting. There was no time for me to be eating.

“So I literally had to carry a little bag of beef patties, raw almonds and sweet potatoes.”