Robert Pattinson May Play Jeff Buckley

Robert Pattinson as Jeff Buckley? Photo courtesy of splashnewsonline.com

From vampire to music legend

Since Robert Pattinson became such a lady's man since playing Edward Cullen in Twilight, we have a feeling that more leading roles are going to start coming his way. The lead in a Jeff Buckley biopic could be the next. But Pattinson faces some competition.

It seems that Robert Pattinson is up against James Franco for the role of Jeff Buckley, the singer-songwriter famous for his version of "Hallelujah," who tragically drowned in 1997. Interestingly, both Pattinson and Franco look eerily similar to Buckley and we can easily see both of them in the role.

Jeff Buckley's mom, Mary Guibert, will help oversee the project and says the actor playing her son must sing and play the guitar himself. She claims, "Whoever gets the part will need a lot of self-discipline because they won't be able to fake it. It's going to take a phenomenal set of skills." Robert Pattinson has been known to have a wonderful singing voice and he could probably handle the role no problem. He played the guitar and composed three songs for the movie How To Be.

However, die-hard Jeff Buckley fans are likely not the same crowd that obsesses over Robert Pattinson and Twilight, so we wonder if anyone would have a problem with Pattinson snagging the role. Franco may have more of a serious appeal to Buckley fans.

In addition to Robert Pattinson and James Franco, Jared Leto and James Marsden are being considered for the role of Jeff Buckley.

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Regardless if Pattinson lands the role, we already know we will see him in future Twilight movies along with Remember Me and a few other projects he is already working on. If you are a Pattinson fan, here are some great pics of the Twilight hunk.