Taylor Lautner says his new film is very different

Taylor Lautner says his new film is "very different" to what he's done before.

He told Newsbeat: "My dream is to challenge myself in different roles that's what attracted me."

The 19-year-old, best known as werewolf Jacob Black in the Twilight film series, plays the lead in new thriller Abduction.

He plays a teenager who runs away after finding out his parents aren't who he thought they were.

He's then chased by assassins and the FBI.

Up to 700 fans turned up on set each night to watch the team put the film together.

Taylor says: "We were filming from 8pm to 6am. It was amazing.

"I'm thankful to the fans - without them I wouldn't be sitting here today."

Twilight Breaking Dawn

Taylor also spoke about Twilight's Breaking Dawn films.

He said: "This fourth movie is very different, much more emotional, more dramatic and very epic. I'm very excited for the fans to see this one and I think they're gonna be very pleased."

It's just as well he's making a career in film as early attempts in the music industry failed.

"I did attempt hip hop dancing when I was about 10 or 11 years old," he said. "I can't dance to save my life. As much as I can't dance I definitely can't sing."

Which probably won't help if he meets one of the people he says he most admires on TV: "I think Simon Cowell is cool. I love him he's hilarious. I watched him on the X Factor - I've not met him yet, I look forward to that day."

Abduction debut at number four at the US box office with takings of $11.2m (£7.2m).

It goes on general release in the UK this week.