'The destroyed inner workings of a man who is unhealed': Orlando Bloom on his new role
Orlando Bloom in Retaliation.
Before he had even reached the age of 30, Orlando Bloom was a star of two of the world’s biggest ever film trilogies. The Kent-born actor was only days out of drama school when he was cast as Legolas in The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring – his first film. And, he says, “the studio sold me as a heartthrob”.
The immortal elf did indeed go on to become a pin-up type character, and Bloom’s fame soared. Along came his role in The Pirates Of The Caribbean, and a period when “he was just going from a movie to press conference, for year after year”.
