Rachel Bilson and Tom Sturridge in Waiting Forever trailer

According to MTV.com, actor Tom Sturridge is Robert Pattinson‘s best friend. I can believe that, because Sturridge, who I remember best for Like Minds, also worked on Vanity Fair in 2004 with Pattinson and Pattinson’s Water for Elephants co-star Reese Witherspoon. Sturridge also just so happens to be one of the many talented actors appearing alongside Kristen Stewart in On the Road.

But more importantly than who is friends with whom is the news of Sturridge’s new project. It is called Waiting Forever. He co-stars with the beautiful Rachel Bilson (The OC) in the film due out February 2011. The “indie love story” appears to be about a boy and girl who were best friends as kids until the boy moved away. Now he’s back and wanting to win the young lady’s heart. MTV has a hunch “this leading role” could “catapult Tom to definite dreamboat status.”