OTRC: Robert Pattinson jokes about new haircut on 'Ellen', set to star in Reese Witherspoon film

Twilight actor Robert Pattinson showed off his new buzzed hairdo on The Ellen Degeneres Show on Wednesday and said he chopped off his signature tousled hair earlier this week for a movie he is set to star in called Water for Elephants, which features actress Reese Witherspoon.

"It's three days old. I got a terrible infestation of nits and I had to shave it all off," he joked, before admitting it was done for the film.

"Nits" is a common British English term for head lice. Water for Elephants tells of a veterinary student who quits school to work for a circus. The film also stars Christoph Waltz from Inglourious Basterds and is set to be released in 2011.

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