He had originally auditioned for the part of Faramir, who does not appear until the second movie but the director, Peter Jackson, cast him as Legolas instead. Most of Bloom’s box office successes have been as part of an ensemble cast. Bloom next starred opposite Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was a blockbuster hit during the summer of 2003. After the success of Pirates, Bloom next took to the screen as Paris, the man who effectively started the Trojan War, in the 2004 Spring blockbuster, Troy opposite Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Peter O’Toole. in the same year he was one of the guest stars in the sitcom Extras, in which he portrayed an exaggeratedly arrogant, narcissistic version of himself who had a great loathing for Johnny Depp (his co-star in Pirates of the Caribbean); Bloom pushed for Extras to go further by making his part unlikeable, and contributed to the gag about him admiring Depp out of sheer jealously, that Depp was far more talented than he was, not to mention rated higher than him on the ‘top hottest’ charts. During the summer of 2007, he appeared in a London revival of in Celebration, a play by David Storey.

Exes Bloom And Bosworth Hug It out in California New father Orlando Bloom proved there are no hard feelings between him and his ex-girlfriend Kate Bosworth by giving her a warm embrace after a chance… [link]

He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starring in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom was raised in the Church of England. As a child, he managed to get through The King’s School Canterbury and St Edmund’s School in Canterbury despite his dyslexia. Bloom’s first appearance on the screen was in a small part, as a rent boy, in the 1997 film Wilde. At the same time, Bloom also played a brief role in the war film Black Hawk Down as PFC. Todd Blackburn.

Orlando Bloom intimated by LA British actor Orlando Bloom thinks Los Angeles is ”big and intimidating” and was overwhelmed when he saw the size of the city’s landscape. Orlando B… [link]

He appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You, and will have roles in Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street. As a child, he managed to get through The King’s School Canterbury and St Edmund’s School in Canterbury despite his dyslexia. He was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes.

Couples Watch: Orlando Bloom Dotes on Miranda Kerr at N.Y.C. Party • Ever the attentive husband, Orlando Bloom escorted wife Miranda Kerr to the car while attending a party at the W New York Downtown, even though he wasn’t ready to leave the bash yet. The actor called his wife “honey” and was very sweet with her, an onlooker tells us, as he sent her off, saying, “Love you,” before returning upstairs. Adds the onlooker: “It was uber-sweet.” [link]