Orlando Bloom
Orlando Johnathan Blanchard Bloom extraordinarily portrayed Legolas Greenleaf, the Elf-prince of Mirkwood. His birth-date is January 13, 1977. His birthplace is Canterbury, Kent, England. He is married to Miranda Kerr and they have a son named Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom (his birth-date is January 6, 2011 [my birthday is January 6 as well!!! :)]) He is a practicing Buddhist.
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- Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.
- Elves are cool, man
- Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
- I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
- I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.
- I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
- I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
- I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.
- 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.
- I remember one time that I was filming a scene in which my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.
- I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.
- I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck."
- I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.
- Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
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Fun Facts:
- Used to smoke but quit in 2002.
- Bites his nails.
- Some of his hobbies are skydiving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing, snowboarding, photography, shopping, skulpting, poetry and buying old antiques.Thanks to Star for some of these facts
- Broke his back, ribs, nose, both his legs, arm, wrist, a finger, a toe and cracked his skull 3 times. Also popped his knee on set of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
- Speaks French.
- Favorite colors are yellow and green.
- Originally audtioned for the role of Faramir
- During the LotR shoot, Viggo Mortensen was forever calling Orlando "Elf-boy"
- Trained on nearly 20 horses, but still fell off the chosen horse and broke a rib
- Convinced 7 out of the other 8 fellowship members to get a tattoo of the Elvish symbol for 9
- Had to shave the back of his hairline for the role of Legolas, so he decided to go further (at the advice of Liv Tyler, who has flirting with him throughout filming) and shave off both sides completely: underneath the blond wig is a black Mohawk haircut.
- Doesn't really "get" computers; he prefers to do things with paper and pencilThanks to Star for this fact
- Used to be a vegetarian, but now eats steak once a week to ease his back pains
- Favorite football team is Manchester United
- Admires Johnny Depp, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Edward Norton (Norton starred inFight Club alongside Brad Bitt: Orlando says he could watch that movie every day)
- His career choice was inspired by a girl he had a crush on when he was nine. He thought he could win her over if he could fly like Superman, but when he found out that Superman was an actor, he decided that acting was for him!
- Is mildly dyslexic. He sometimes has trouble reading scripts, but manages to get by ok, although he was teased in school.
- Learned to surf in New Zealand while filming LotR
- Does not read magazines
- One of his obsessions is socks. He says that he has yellow, green, red socks - even ones that glow in the dark
- Found out that he got the part of Legolas just two days before graduating at Guildhall, his acting school.
- His mother, Sonia, is a language teacher, and named Orlando after writer Orlando Gibbons.
- His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range
- Is scared of pigs. When a pig escaped on the set of Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando turned and ran in complete terror.
- On 13 July 2009, four hooded teenagers broke into the Hollywood Hills home of Orlando Bloom and stole nearly half a million dollars worth of possessions. The burglars, dubbed the "Bling Ring", targeted the homes of young celebrities. Most of Bloom's stolen items have been retrieved.
- On 12 October 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has been involved in the organisation since 2007 and has visited schools and villages in Nepal in support of sanitation and education programs.
- On 15 November 2008, Bloom participated in a test drive in Moscow celebrating the 60th anniversary of Land Rover.