Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloomis a British actor. After having his breakthrough as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he rose to fame by further appearing in epic fantasy, historical epic, and fantasy adventure films. His other roles include Legolas in The Hobbit trilogy, Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Paris in Troy, and Balian de Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 January 1977
CityCanterbury, England
As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
I wish I could just be in the movies and still enjoy everything else like a normal person.
I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.
You see movie stars advertising all sorts of things today for whatever reason. And it may be that it affords them the luxury to do smaller movies or to go and do a play. Because, otherwise, you have to keep doing movies where you get paid millions and millions of dollars to maintain a certain lifestyle.
Right where i left you... Not where i left you?
Think about finding out when you're 13 that your dad is not your dad. It's like, okay, take it on the chin and keep going. No choice, really.
The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco, ... A fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.
We'd worked together on a Gap commercial, so I guess he'd always seen me as a contemporary young guy, ... I was definitely on his mind.