In 2014, a new star appeared on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, her name is Orlando Bloom. The filmography of this British actor dates back to the 90s of the last century, but he gained world fame already in the 2000s and for 15 years he managed to firmly write his name in the history of world cinema. He certainly cannot be called an actor of one role, the characters of Bloom are always diverse, he tried himself both in large-scale projects and in low-budget author’s paintings. Few people know, but the Hollywood handsome man managed to perfectly prove himself on the theatrical stage.
Creative childhood
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born in the English town of Canterbury on January 13, 1977 in the family of the famous writer and journalist Harry Bloom and Sony Copeland, who named their son in honor of the composer Orlando Gibbons. When the boy was only 4 years old, his father was gone. Little Orlando and his older sister Samantha were raised by their mother and close family friend Colin Stone. Subsequently, by the way, it turned out that he was the biological father of Bloom. Mother tried to instill in her children aesthetic qualities and love for art in all its manifestations. Orlando was not a self-confident child, the cause was congenital dysgraphia. The boy was fond of theater, studied foreign languages, mastered horse riding and already at the age of 9 decided that he would become an actor. This was facilitated by the desire to be a Superman in order to conquer a girl, and when it came to understand that a person played a superhero, the acting profession forever won the heart of a British guy.
The first theatrical steps
Young Bloom began with a school theater, where he participated in many productions. When he was sixteen, a provincial guy went to conquer the English capital and he succeeded. The National Youth Theater opened its doors for a talented young man for two whole seasons, and thanks to this Orlando received a grant for training and went to the British Academy of Dramatic Art. After a year of training, the promising actor has already received a role in the production of “Walk in the Vienna Woods”. There was only one question left: how quickly would a star named Orlando Bloom light up on a large screen? The filmography of the Briton began with an episodic role in the 1997 biographical drama "Wilde". Despite sharp criticism of the picture itself, the young actor was noticed and began to offer new roles. But Bloom himself preferred the development of film career honing professional skills, for which he chose the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Theater, where as a result of hard training he got rid of his childhood illness - dysgraphia. Improving his skills as an actor, Orlando Bloom during his training played in various productions of Chekhov, Shakespeare and many other classics.
Enchanting debut
Already at the end of his studies, Bloom decided to try to get into Peter Jackson’s grandiose project - the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He liked the role of Faramir, but the director invited the aspiring actor to play a more important character, the elf Legolas. Before the start of the long process of filming the movie trilogy, Bloom flashed in the episode of the “Purely English Killing” series and for a whole year and a half left for New Zealand, where he plunged into the process of creating The Lord of the Rings. And so much so that almost all the tricks in the first part of the saga were performed by himself. Orlando Bloom, whose biography up to this point was full of a variety of injuries, including serious back damage in 1998, managed to break a rib in the process of filming. After such adventures, the actor went on a long vacation to India, and upon returning from there he was already waiting for the tremendous success that the film brought him. Overnight, the Briton became a world star with an army of fans and the Empire prize, which he received for his best debut. Therefore, in 2001, he got a role from the famous director Ridley Scott in a military drama based on real events. Black Hawk once again proved Bloom’s excellent acting skills.
Epic roles. And not only...
The release of the second part of The Lord of the Rings only confirmed that a new star appeared in Hollywood - Orlando Bloom. The filmography of the actor in 2003 was immediately replenished with three paintings. In addition to the third part of the film adaptation of Tolkien, along with Heath Ledger, the British starred in the criminal action movie "Kelly Kelly" and tried on a new romantic image of Will Turner in the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". This was the second ambitious project of such a commercial scale in Bloom’s biography, and in a very short time. The success of the picture was so great that the creators immediately decided to shoot the sequel and the actors signed contracts for two more films, including Orlando Bloom. The roles that he played in 2004 are surprising in their variety: this is the milkman in the comedy Calcium Guy, the handsome Paris in the new blockbuster with Brad Pitt Troy, and the worker named Shay in the crime drama Harbor. In the latter, the British actor also acted as a producer. But 2005 brought to Bloom's piggy bank two more incredibly diverse, and at the same time high-profile films - The Kingdom of Heaven, where Orlando again worked with Ridley Scott, and the comedy Elizabethtown, where Kirsten Dunst became his partner on the set.
Experiments and a return to basics
In 2006 and 2007, the sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean, where Orlando Bloom plays, are released. The filmography of the actor in 2006 was also replenished with another romantic comedy - “Love and Other Disasters”, and then the British handsome decided to take a short break and take a break from the cinema, returning to the bosom of the London theater. Until 2013, Bloom experimented: he played both in the famous successful films - “New York, I Love You” (2009), “The Musketeers” (2011), and in the low-budget movie, which can be called a failure: “Main Street” (2010), The Good Doctor (2011), Conspiracy Theory (2013). The actor returned to the role of Legolas to participate in two films “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (2013) and “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” (2014), which can be called the prehistory of “The Lord of the Rings”. Rumor has it that he will again have to translate Will Turner on the screen in 2017.
Women in his life
Orlando Bloom, whose personal life is always in the focus of interests of the paparazzi, met for four years with actress Kate Bosworth, from 2002 to 2006. At different times, the most incredible novels were attributed to him by the ubiquitous journalists, with Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Bill, Jennifer Aniston and many others. And this is not surprising, because the British handsome man has been repeatedly recognized as the sexiest man on the planet and the most enviable bachelor. But his second official romance, with top model Miranda Kerr, lasted from 2007 and ended in marriage in 2010, and a year later the actor became the happy father of a boy named Flynn. In 2013, the couple had a conflict in the relationship, but officially they are still spouses.