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
He's kind of that guy who's caught up in success, ... He's the hot shot at work, obsessed with the new car or whatever it may be.
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 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 definitely could relate to the father aspect of the script because although my father is alive, I thought he was dead until I was 13,
Talk about your problems. There's no need to feel shy. It's always good to talk about issues that concern you.
Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.
I want to have an impact on my son.
It wasn't that easy, but hopefully I pulled it off and people would find it believable. I wanted it to be real. I wanted it to be my voice and not something I just put on,
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!
There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go
I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned