We knew our boy had it in him! Robert Pat­tin­son is def­i­nitely prov­ing to the cast and crew of his new drama, Water For Ele­phants, that he isn’t just his Twi­light char­ac­ter, brood­ing vam­pire Edward Cullen. In fact, he’s SO good as a Depression-era vet­eri­nar­ian that he may even receive his first Oscar nomination!

When Rob’s Ele­phants co-star, Christoph Waltz, was asked by fans where he kept his Oscar (he won the Sup­port­ing Actor tro­phy this year for Inglo­ri­ous Bas­terds) on the Fil­more, Calif. set this week, he responded, “It’s in my house, but the way things are look­ing, I might have to hand it off to Rob next year!”

And Christoph, 53, isn’t the only per­son on Ele­phants impressed by Rob’s act­ing chops. “This movie is going to be amaz­ing, and you’re going to see Rob in a com­pletely dif­fer­ent way, a good way,” a crew inside gushed to HollywoodLife.com exclu­sively, adding, “It wouldn’t sur­prise me at all if he were to receive an Oscar nod for this role!”

The role in ques­tion? Rob plays Jacob Jankowski, a young, Depression-era vet­eri­nar­ian who joins the cir­cus and falls in love with both Mar­lena, a cir­cus per­former (played by Reese With­er­spoon) and Rosie, an elephant.

We can’t wait to see this movie! Let the Oscar buzz begin NOW!

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