Taylor Lautner is in no hurry to go shirtless on screen again once he's done playing werewolf Jacob Black in the Twilight movies.

The 17-year-old – who famously beefed up to keep his role in the vampire saga – is looking forward to being known for his acting rather than his physical prowess.

"I worked hard to get in shape for this role," Taylor says, reports Ace Showbiz. "My motivation was the movie and the fans, but I don't want to become known as just a body.

“If I had to choose, I would never take my shirt off again in a movie, but I guess that's not very realistic.

"I certainly won't be asking to do it, though."

Yet more reason for Team Jacob to savour every moment of Taylor's shirtless screen time in New Moon.

Taylor flips out on the beach

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