Robert Pattinson will not be transformed into an Old Man in ‘Water for Elephants’

Hol­ly­wood Exclu­sive, by Mar­i­lyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, is report­ing that the ‘Water for Ele­phants’ cast­ing team has started the search for Old Jacob Jankowski, the role that is being played by Robert Pat­tin­son. They also men­tion that another vil­lian in the story has yet to be cast. They report:


PAGE TO SCREEN: Won­der what “Twi­light” heart­throb Robert Pat­tin­son will look like at 93? So do the cast­ing forces on “Water for Ele­phants,” who’ve been check­ing out old guys to play the aged ver­sion of Pattinson’s char­ac­ter in the big-screen adap­ta­tion of the acclaimed Sara Gruen his­tor­i­cal novel. The story is formed by his rem­i­nis­cences of drop­ping out of Cor­nell vet­eri­nary school and join­ing the Ben­zini Broth­ers Most Spec­tac­u­lar Show on Earth dur­ing the 1930s Great Depres­sion — encoun­ter­ing a bru­tal, men­tally unbal­anced trainer (Christoph Waltz, fresh off his “Inglou­ri­ous Bas­terds” Oscar win) and his beau­ti­ful, mis­treated wife (Reese With­er­spoon). Another key bad guy still has to be cast as well. Production’s set for May 22.


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