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"Taylor Lautner is modelling his performance in thriller Abduction on Tom Cruise, according to the film&amp;#039;s director John Singleton. Singleton told the Los Angeles Times that he has encouraged the Twilight star to look at Cruise&amp;#039;s early career trajectory for guidance. &amp;quot;I told him to watch the transition from Top Gun to Rain Man to Born On The Fourth Of July,&amp;quot; the director said. &amp;quot;To think about what he did as a young man and what he did later on. And then think about what you want to do.&amp;quot; In Abduction, Lautner plays a teenager who goes on the run after discovering that his parents aren&amp;#039;t who they claim to be. Singleton, who called the Twilight series a &amp;quot;great stepping stone&amp;quot; for the 18-year-old, said that he also made the actor watch Cruise&amp;#039;s Minority Report and Harrison Ford&amp;#039;s The Fugitive to prepare for the role. &amp;quot;I think when people see this film they&amp;#039;ll see a more mature Taylor,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s doing this [thing] he&amp;#039;s never done before. He&amp;#039;s funny and charismatic. He has room to breathe that he&amp;#039;s never had before.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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