Orlando Bloom is a famous English actor known for his roles in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean. He has been praised for his physicality but criticized for his acting skills. He has a friendly relationship with Johnny Depp and struggled with dyslexia as a child. Rumors of his absence in a possible fourth Pirates movie have been debunked.
Orlando Bloom is an English actor, born in 1977, best known for his lead roles in two of the highest-grossing film trilogies of this century. These are Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings, in which he had a central role as the Wood Elf, Legolas and the three Pirates of the Caribbean films as Will Turner and co-starring with Johnny Depp and Keira Knightly. His acting career, albeit brief, also boasts a starring role in Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven.
Once the first Lord of the Rings movie hit theaters, Bloom became a household name and was particularly admired for his attractiveness. He has since earned the title of Hollywood’s hottest bachelor from People magazine. His work in Rings has also been noted for his dexterous physicality. In The Two Towers an oft-liked scene with Orlando Bloom has him skating on a shield down a flight of stairs, while he shoots arrows.
Jackson noted Orlando Bloom’s commitment to acting in many of the Ring DVD commentaries. Bloom broke his rib just a week into shooting the first film, but that didn’t stop him from continuing to perform stunts and fully participate in the film.
Though Bloom has starred in some of the most popular films of this century, many film critics believe that she has yet to prove her acting skills. Especially in the Pirates movies, critics have found that his performance pales in comparison to Johnny Depp’s. Other film roles with Orlando Bloom, such as in Kingdom of Heaven and Elizabethtown, failed to arouse critical or public interest at the box office.
A few small roles proved that Bloom doesn’t take herself too seriously. In the British sitcom Extras, he plays a caricatured version of himself with a seriously nasty attitude towards Johnny Depp. In reality, Bloom’s relationship with Depp is much friendlier. Bloom credits Depp with helping him stay grounded and maintain a degree of privacy during near-instant fame, something Depp himself struggled with.
Bloom has been very public about his struggle with reading as a child. He was mildly dyslexic and did poorly in school. When he was accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, reading was naturally the biggest challenge in learning to read plays and rehearsing. Bloom says his mother was a great help in learning to overcome the disability and that she now enjoys reading.
The popularity of the Pirates franchise has evoked speculation about a possible fourth film. Rumors recently spread on the Internet that Bloom would not participate in the film, and fans feared Turner’s death at the end of the third episode of Pirates. Those rumors have been squashed by the studio, so fans can rest assured that future Pirates movies, if made, would feature Bloom.
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