Water For Elephants, Oscar For Rob?

When recently asked by fans, Oscar-winner and Water For Elephants co-star Christoph Waltz revved the engines of all Twi-hards with the prospect of an Academy Award for Robert Pattinson (photos). The critically-beloved villain of last year’s Inglourious Basterds said  ”the way things are looking, I might have to hand [my Oscar] off to Rob next year!”

An Oscar would certainly bode well for RPattz’s career beyond Edward Cullen, but is Waltz jumping the gun? Or should we place some early bird bets on the 2012 Academy Awards? [Source: HollywoodLife]