Hasbro’s CEO and “Stretch Armstrong” producer Brian Goldner told MTV News that Taylor Lautner was offered the lead role for “Stretch” party because of his guest hosting job on Saturday Night Live:

“He is a real actor. And it was so clear to us as we saw him in ‘Twilight.’ And we look for insights from every audience about where we should go with our brands, so when I saw my daughter and all of her friends go crazy for him, and then I saw the background that he was also this mixed martial arts expert in that ‘Saturday Night Live’ piece … that was the real deal.

He’s an accidental superhero. Really what he is, is he’s going to be a guy much like himself. A guy who knows mixed martial arts, a guy who is going off to college, a guy who’s trying to have a freshman year at college — something along those lines — and everything kind of ensues from there.”

IMG Source: INFphoto.com; Source: MTV.com

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