who played jacob black?
Taylor Lautner
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 Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black , an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe . 

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 NBC bought the rights to The Blacklist from Sony Pictures Television in August 2012 and green @-@ lit production in January 2013 . Producers said that the casting process was difficult . They initially offered the male lead to Kiefer Sutherland before James Spader accepted the role three days before filming began . Even though the series is set in Washington , D.C. , the pilot was mainly filmed in the same Manhattan studio where Law & Order was filmed . 

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 Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black , a cheerful companion who eases Bella 's pain over losing Edward . He reveals to Bella that he is part of a pack of werewolves whose main goal is to protect her from the vampires Laurent and Victoria . 

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 With sleep deprivation one of the major plot points of the episode , actor Edward James Olmos ( William Adama ) liaised with an expert on the subject and the crew to best depict the actual effects realistically . Following up , director Michael Rymer gave each main cast member a specific symptom to play up , so as to avoid repetition on screen . Olmos and several other cast members took their study a step further , to immerse themselves by restricting their sleep patterns to about three hours a night to emphasize what their expert was imparting . 

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 " Sleepless " marked the first on screen appearance of Steven Williams as Fox Mulder 's new source , " X. " The character was originally intended to be a woman , and an actress was cast in the role , but after shooting her first scene the role was recast with Williams , an actor who had previous experience with writers Glen Morgan and James Wong . Natalija Nogulich , the actor who originally earned the role , was replaced because the writing staff felt she was not able to create the " right chemistry " between her co @-@ stars . 
