Twilight: New Moon star Robert Pattinson is set to shock his legion of fans by having a tawdry affair with a married woman.
Rob and Oscar-winner Sean Penn are reportedly in negotiations to star with Reese Witherspoon in Water for Elephants.
The forthcoming movie is an adaptation of Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-selling book, which concerns a love triangle among circus employees in Depression-era America.
Hunky Rob would play Jacob Jankowski, an orphaned veterinary student who is put in charge of caring for the animals in a traveling circus.
However, while there he falls in love with the beautiful horse rider Marlena, played by Witherspoon, who is married to the troupe’s charismatic but dangerous animal trainer August (Penn).
I Am Legend’s Francis Lawrence is attached to direct, with Richard LaGravenese to adapt the script. Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff and Andrew Tennenbaum are producing.
Recently it was rumoured that Rob and Kristen Stewart are house hunting for a love nest in Britain.
The pair, who star together in the Twilight movies and have been rumoured to be dating for some time now, have always been coy about their relationship.
