Taylor-Lautner-not-impressed-wolverine(Taylor Lautner is SO not impressed with your wolf howl.)

The first two X-Men films Bryan Singer directed rank pretty high on my list of favorite comic book movies (just ahead of Last Airbender and Schindler’s List), which is why I was excited when it was initially reported that he’d be directing X-Men: First Class. When it was later revealed that Matthew Vaughn was directing and Singer would only produce, it was even better news, considering how much better Kick-Ass was than Superman Returns.  Today, Singer not directing seems like an even better idea (three levels! just like Inception!) as he revealed that he wanted to cast Taylor Lautner (presumably while zipping the fly on his Bad Idea Jeans). From an interview with Blastr:

“I wanted Taylor [Lautner] to do it, I really did,” Singer said in an exclusive interview. “He’s doing a movie in Pittsburgh called Abduction, and then he’s got the next Twilight movie. We talked about it a lot—he is a friend [no comment on any supposed and/or alleged Bryan Singer rumors... -Ed.]—and I really wanted to make it work. It just doesn’t look like it’s possible to do it.”

For the record, I’ve got nothing against Taylor Lautner for being associated with the Twilight franchise, it’s just that he seems like a really awful actor (sidenote: are he and RPattz having a whispering contest in that scene?).  Is Taylor Lautner really the only muscular kid in Hollywood?  You take any theater kid, get him a personal trainer and feed him a couple protein bars, boom, you’ve got Taylor Lautner.  Trust me, I’ve been doing similar experiments in my basement for years.  There’s no need to keep throwing money at this ab mannequin.