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
Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career.
Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.
My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.
I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.
I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
It's so easy to forget what's important in life,
I want to have an impact on my son.
I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
I love this guy, ... I love the journey he goes on. It's a story we can all relate to, in terms of success and failure and the momentary happiness in life. What really makes people tick? What really makes them understand life?
I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.
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.
I want to play James Bond - are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!