Lautner: 'I hated having long hair'

Taylor Lautner has revealed that he loves having short hair after having to wear a long wig for some of the filming of Twilight: New Moon.

The 17-year-old star, who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the movie, said that he was relieved when he was allowed to get rid of the locks for the second half of the film.

Lautner told the Boston Globe: "I would not want that hair. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I couldn't even recognise myself."

He also talked about his love for the Twilight books, saying: "I was not a book reader at all. The only books I ever read were the ones I was forced to in school."

He added: "But when I started reading this book series, I fell in love with the characters and started turning the pages one after another. It was crazy. I never thought I could do that."