Dec 7, 2010 15:15 GMT  ·  By
Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson will be seen together next in “Water for Elephants”
   Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson will be seen together next in “Water for Elephants”

Not that fans need any reminding of this, but Robert Pattinson is a very handsome man. His co-star in the upcoming “Water for Elephants,” Reese Witherspoon, is also among the stars who go on the record with that, in a recent interview with USA Today.

The two have shot the circus-themed film a while back, but it is not yet ready for release. Still, as Reese is now promoting “How Do You Know,” she also took some questions on “Water” and, of course, what it was like to work with the heartthrob of the moment.

Clearly, Reese is not the one to deny the obvious. “I’m not gonna lie. He’s a very, very handsome man,” she says of the British star.

They worked together before, in the 2004 costume drama “Vanity Fair” but things have changed a lot in the 6 years that passed. For one, Robert is now old enough not to play Reese’s son.

Another thing that’s changed is Pattinson’s popularity with Twi-hards. Reese says the amount of attention he gets from female fans is impossible to believe – if you don’t see it with your own eyes.

“The fervor and madness and girls waiting at 5 a.m. on a set in the middle of nowhere just to see him,” Reese says.

All this time, though, Robert remains the same, he won’t let fame get the best of him.

“He’s sweet and loving and has the nicest family. Kristen [Stewart, Pattinson’s girlfriend] is really sweet, too. He’s a very sensitive soul. He worked really hard. He looks great in the movie, too,” the actress goes on to say.

In the same interview, Reese also reveals that, while she thought 11-year-old daughter Ava was too young to read the “Twilight” books, she personally did and loved them.

“I really liked them, me and all my 30-year-old friends! I love the books,” the actress says. The millions of Twi-hards from across the globe can’t but agree.