(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Robert Pattinson formed a bond with the exotic animals on the set of his new movie Water For Elephants.

The actors new movie is set in a circus and he left his colleagues surprised at how well he got along with the wild creatures.

Director Francis Lawrence was amazed by how close the 24-year-old got to female elephant Tai as only her trainer had a stronger bond with the animal.

I have more of an affinity for animals than humans, Robert told British newspaper The Sunday Times, You just have to have to have lots of peppermints and jellybeans and elephants love you.

The Twilight star even discovered a way to pacify a truculent giraffe on the film set.

Robert, who stars alongside Reese Witherspoon in the movie, came up with a trick that astonished the animals handlers.

I covered my hands in apple juice and it followed me around, he revealed, The trainers were like, Wow! You must have a real connection. I was like, Not really. (C) Cover Media