“I’m in the gym and I’m doing reps,” Lautner told GQ in 2010. … I’m gonna do that extra rep, because I’m gonna be Jacob Black.’” By 2009, Lautner had gained 30 pounds of muscle. On-screen body transformations were less ubiquitous then than they are today, as an ever-expanding Marvel machine recruits more and more henched heroes. The inclination is to dominate your body, and in doing so, carry a body perceived to dominate others. In March 2023, Kit Connor, star of Netflix’s coming-of-age romance Heartstopper, shared his own body transformation story.