“Twilight” vampire series star, Robert Pattinson, will play in “Water for Elephants” drama Fox 2000 studio intends to shoot. Reported by Variety edition.

The action of the drama, based on Sara Gruen eponymous novel, will take place during the Great Depression. Pattinson will play a veterinary college student forced to leave school after parents’ death and get a veterinarian job in circus.

The film will also engage Reese Witherspoon, who got a circus rider part and Sean Penn in the role of trainer.

The shooting should begin in June 2010.