Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Orli Interview of the Week: USA Weekend Article

Hey all you Bloomers out there! This is a late night post, because I've been working on a new vlog that I hope to post soon, so keep reading! Anyways, here is the Orli interview of the week, and this one comes from the USA Weekend magazine from 2005 by Michele Hatty. This article discusses one of his big head liner movies, "Kingdom of Heaven" and shows more of his sweet and down to earth personality which makes him all the more lovable! (Article from the Orlando Bloom Files website).

At 28, Orlando Bloom already has won over audiences -- and many a young girl's heart. But he's a little nervous about this next big step.
"Bohemian. Still maturing. Still growing," confides Orlando Bloom. "It is a little chaotic."
This bit of introspection from Hollywood's newest leading man seems revealing -- and dead-on. In a deconstructed black jacket and a conductor's cap, Bloom's bohemian side is definitely on display. As for the maturing and growing part -- well, he's only 28 and an actor whose star is rising. Friday, he plunges into battle and onto the big screen in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven," an epic adventure about the 12th-century Crusades.
But Bloom's comments are not a talk-show- style confessional. Instead, he's describing his new "very large" apartment in London, which currently serves as a warehouse for "all these crazy things I buy on locations all around the world." Bloom, who has supposedly just broken up with the even younger Kate Bosworth, continues talking -- about his apartment, that is: "It is definitely in need of attention and love."
No wonder Bloom feels a bit uprooted. The almost preternaturally pretty actor has spent most of the past few years living like a highly paid gypsy, shooting incredibly successful movies in exotic places like Tunisia, New Zealand and the Cayman Islands.
Now, back in high-stakes Hollywood, he is understandably on edge. He's here to promote the $130 million "Kingdom of Heaven," the first real test of his young career. In it, he stars as young hero Balian, who leaves France to join one of the greatest battles of all time. "It's an epic story," Bloom explains, "of one man's journey of growth and understanding on spiritual, political, social and personal levels."
But as our conversation veers toward the personal, this listener can't help but think Bloom, despite his soft-spoken intensity, has an invisible barricade around him. It's a protection, most likely, from the constant snooping of paparazzi and an international phalanx of smitten female fans. Just ask him about his dog, which has been nuzzling the actor intermittently all afternoon, and Bloom becomes almost comically secretive. "Are you going to write about him?" he asks, somewhat appalled. "He already gets so much attention ..."
As do Bloom's girl troubles. His relationship with blond beauty Bosworth reportedly ended earlier this year, but it appears the two can't decide whether they really are ready to be over each other. Since the breakup, they've been seen canoodling all over town, and some say they are getting back together. Whether he'll reunite with Bosworth -- at the moment a freshly cut bouquet sits on the dining room table, and Bloom is mum as to the sender -- is anyone's guess. He will admit only that this has been a "pretty difficult, challenging time."
The unfailingly polite actor rises and begins to bang around his hotel bungalow's kitchen, putting a pot of water on the stove for tea and then fixing dinner for his dog, Sidi, whom he adopted while filming Heaven in Morocco. Once the tea is ready, he returns to the patio and begins to share more about his life.
With his boyish face, doe eyes and coltish 5-foot-11 frame, Bloom does not fit neatly into the Hollywood-leading-man profile. Unlike his former co-stars Brad Pitt (Troy), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Viggo Mortensen (the Lord of the Rings trilogy), Bloom doesn't ooze chiseled confidence. Even he sheepishly admits: "I'm not Brad Pitt. But that's OK. You just have to accept what you have and work with it."
It is this humility-tinged sweetness -- he's the type of guy who will put a cashmere wrap around a visitor's shoulders if she looks cold -- that makes it easy to understand why girls from Alaska to Australia have turned Bloom-swooning into just another part of the itinerant actor's anything-but-average daily routine.
French femme fatale Eva Green, who plays the married queen Bloom falls in love with in Heaven, experienced it first-hand as they shot the movie. "I couldn't sleep at night because there were fans screaming outside, crazy," she marvels.
Bloom isn't quite sure how to handle the attention. "It's flattering," he says, "but it's also a little overwhelming."
Not long ago, he was just a kid growing up in England, attending London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama. In fact, one might have thought that Bloom's most dramatic days were behind him by the time he finished school: In a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction fashion, he grew up believing that his dad was human-rights activist Harry Bloom, who died when Orlando was 4. Several years later, however, his mom, Sonia Copeland ("the most beautifully eccentric woman in the world"), revealed to him and older sister Samantha, now an aspiring actress, that their biological father is actually a family friend. Bloom took the news in stride and, in recent years, has said equally kind words about both of his "dads."
Today, Bloom is in the Hollywood hot seat -- and he knows it. With disarming candor he explains: "This is the first time I'm the lead in a major movie. There's a lot of things to be worried about."
First, there's the question of whether People magazine's hottest bachelor of 2004 can cut it as a leading man. Until now, Bloom's been almost a sidekick to megawatt stars like Pitt and Depp. "Despite being in some of the biggest movies of the last decade, he hasn't really broken through as a true star," says "Chicago Sun-Times" columnist and "Ebert & Roeper" film critic Richard Roeper. "He was supposed to be the star of Pirates, but Johnny Depp swiped the picture. He was a solid supporting cog in the Lord of the Rings movies, but other actors made more lasting impressions."
Plus, before it even opens, Heaven has spawned its share of controversy. Historian James Reston Jr. has accused Ridley Scott and the screenwriter of stealing material from one of his books. The movie studio has adamantly denied the accusation.
What's more, the subject of the movie has spurred a small tempest. Set against the backdrop of the Crusades, it portrays the ancient conflict between Christians and Muslims -- a sensitive subject at a time when the United States is waging a war in Muslim Iraq.
"There are parallels to be drawn," Bloom says quietly, "but in life, this has been going on forever. People have been fighting over religion, over land, over water, over oil, over power. It's been going for hundreds of years, and it's not changing."
No one knows what's at stake more than Scott, the movie's director and producer, whose last historical epic, "Gladiator," won the 2000 Best Picture Oscar. Scott says "Heaven's" scope meant Bloom had to show a commanding presence. "One of the big testing grounds," Scott says, "was when Orlando had to walk on one morning in front of 3,000 extras and address them and really give his 'Henry V speech.' It was the moment I felt he was most nervous."
No wonder Bloom tries to ground himself. A student of Buddhism, he credits the ancient religion with helping him stay centered. "It is a philosophy and a guide to life that I have admired for a long time," he says. "It helps me find a sense of calm and peace in the center of the storm and not to be blown around by the things going on around me."

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Fan Girl Fun: Lord of the Rings Song Spoof

I'm just now discovering the cleverness of 'crack videos' or movies or shows set to funny songs and such. They're quite hilarious to watch and give movies like LOTR and POTC a fun musical quality! Enjoy this 'crack video' of Lord of the Rings!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Daily Orlando: Orlando Wins Kent's Cultural Icon Award

On June 12th Orlando was just named Kent's Cultural Icon by the popular vote in the annual Canterbury Cultural Awards, put on by the University in Canterbury. I'm so happy Orlando won! He completely deserved it!!! The other nominations included Ellie Goulding, Tracey Emin, and Brenda Blethyn.

  Since Orlando is filming a movie right now here in the US, (maybe its the one with Anna Kendrick?!), his mom Sonia was present to collect the reward on his behalf. Yet Orlando did send a recorded message to the ceremony to offer his thanks! He looks soo good in it, with his hair pulled back (the long Will Turner hair is making a comeback!) and was very humbled and honored to have received the award, and offered many thanks, especially to his mom! How sweet was that! I'll post the link to the video below, along with a screen cap from the video! And once again, CONGRATULATIONS Orlando!!!
Orlando Excepting His Kent Cultural Icon Award



Friday, June 13, 2014

The Orli Interview of the Week

Sorry it has been awhile, but here is the Orli interview of the week! This interview is from when he did the Calcium Kid. He is just so cute, love his hair, his laugh and his wonderful modest demeanor. Enjoy!



Wednesday, June 11, 2014

My Movie Musings Vlog: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug


The Orlando Quote of the Day

Hello all you Orli fans! Here is the Orlando quote of the day! Also, I'll hopefully soon finish another installment of my Legolas fan fiction, so I will post it here when I'm done!

This quote is from my Life Story magazine I got on ebay, and is regarding his fans and getting fan mail.

"And that's what I'm doing this for, do you know what I mean? It is partly because I love it and enjoy it, but you also want some kind of validation, so it's nice to receive fan mail."
-Orlando Bloom

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

My Movie Musings: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Symphony

On Sunday afternoon, I went to my local symphony - they preformed the music simultaneously to the first pirates movie, and it was amazing!
It was a really hot day, so it was nice to spend the 2 hours and 45 minutes in a lovely air conditioned auditorium! I was pleased I was able to get tickets for it, just the day before. And even though, we got the second to last row, you could still see the orchestra well, and they had a huge screen to play the movie on, so it really didn't matter that we were up so high. It is a pretty small auditorium anyways. I was so surprised to see so many walks of life there as well, little kids  dressed up in pirate garb, couples, school filed trips, and I'm pretty sure there were a few younger Orli fangirls there too! Anyhow, the music was so fabulous, it felt like you were really there on a ship, with Will and Jack. The music was just so wonderful live, you could pick out almost every instrument; the flute, tambourin, violin, drums ect. It just made the scenes all the more epic, like the first sword fight between Will and Jack, and the drums during Jack's 'hanging'. When they would play the main theme it would just put a smile on your face. It was fun to listen to the audiences reaction during scenes such as when Will imitates Jack's drunken walk, and when the two dorky soldiers storm the ship. And in the final fight sequence at the Ila Da Morta (spelling?) when Captain Barbossa was shot the whole crowd started cheering. And when the credits rolled and Orlando's name came up I yelled, 'Whoo I love you Orlando!' The lady sitting next to me laughed at me, but did say that he is quite good looking. Haha, it just made me feel good to know that there are still a ton of Pirates fans, I mean I know a lot of them are simply fans of the music, but it was cool listening to the movie in a new experience! And finally, when the movie ended and the lights came back on, they replaced the conductor with a skeleton in a tux, holing the same position, which was cute. Overall the music was wonderful, and they did a great job - the only thing I would change is the brochure, instead of a huge picture of Jack, a huge picture of Will, but of course any Orli fan would think that!

Monday, June 9, 2014

Orlando Presents at the Tony Awards

Here is a brief video of Orlando presenting at the Tony Awards! I'll try and find more videos of him at the event to post here! Anyways, he looked sooo good looking oh my gosh, loved the suite, and he voice is lovely and perfect for presenting at an awards show! It just blows me away how perfect looking he is! Haha. So this video is short but sweet, enjoy!
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINcgKyMY6m

Saturday, June 7, 2014

The Daily Orlando: Orlando to Present at the Tony Awards

Orlando will present at the 2014 68th Tony Awards on June 8th. I've never been interested in watching the Tony Awards before, but now that he is going to be there, then maybe I will tune in! Orlando was seen at LAX today, where is to fly to New York, where the awards will be held at the Radio City Music Hall. You can try to catch the awards and Orlando on CBS at 8:00 pm.  In other news, tomorrow, I will be going to a symphony where they are preforming the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl score, while the movie is being shown. I'm excited and didn't hear about it until today when I was shopping and saw an add for it at my local shopping center. I love the music from the movie, and seeing as they were going to screen the movie too - getting to see Orlando on a big screen, was what compelled me to buy tickets! So, perhaps I will make a vlog afterward and let you now how it was! 

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Fan Girl Fun: More Orlando Dreamscapes

I had yet another dream about Orlando again last night, and it was so nice! It seemed so real! Haha anyways, in it, he was wearing a nice light yellow button up shirt, and was a party that I had thrown. He was soo nice, and we joked and talked. We also took a lot of fun pictures, and in one of them he put his arm around me and I did the same, then he kissed me on the cheek, and I remember thinking in the dream, I really hope I don't pass out. He smelled so wonderful - like coconuts almost, (I don't know if my mind imagined it up, or if he really does smell nice like that). Then after we went to another friends house and played video games. All in all, I woke up feeling so happy, and really wishing that it was all real!

If anyone else has some good Orlando dreams to tell, and you want to share, please comment at the bottom of my blog!

Today's LOTR/Hobbit Tidbit: Bloopers

Since I haven't posted anything lately about Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit, here is a cute video of bloopers from the filming of the Hobbit series. In the meantime, I will be trying to come up with some new ideas for my Orli blog! 

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Time for Turner Tuesday: Your Weekly Dose of Will Turner

I was inspired from an Orlando instagram fan page to post pictures of Will Turner on Tuesday, since it rhymes and is catchy, and I love Will, so this works out perfectly haha. Anyways enjoy some hot pics of brave Will! 

The Daily Orlando: Wins Award at China's Huading Awards

On June 2nd, Orlando won the award for 'Best Global Movie Star' for his parts in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug', The Lord of the Rings', and the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy. This took place at China's Huading Awards held in Hollywood. He looked amazing as ever with his wavy brown locks combed back, and a dapper navy blue suite. I swear to god, it looks like he is still 27, he hasn't aged like one bit, he is soo gorgeous and perfect (Well of course all you Bloomers already know that lol). Anyways so proud of him! He soo deserves it!

Orlando excepts his award. Photo courtesy of @orlandobloomdaily page on Istagram.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

The Orlando Quote of the Day

Here is the next Orlando quote of the day! This is from his interview with the Australian Cosmopolitan magazine.

"You can learn something from everyone in life by having respect for everyone from the doorman to the director. Everyone has a point of view and a story that should be appreciated."

-Orlando Bloom