'The destroyed inner workings of a man who is unhealed': Orlando Bloom on his new role   

Orlando Bloom was happy to take on a part in a low-budget film to tell the true tale of builder still living with the legacy of childhood abuse 

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”.