Orlando Bloom Interview, Capital FM (UK) July, 2003
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Elves, bush rangers and now a pirate …Lord of The Rings star Orlando
Bloom tells us about his new film Pirates of The Caribbean.
Tell us first about the film its getting good reviews
from the press at least. How did you get involved in the film?
I was actually in Australia finishing a film called Ned
Kelly and I was working with Geoffrey Rush and he was going on to do Pirates and
he asked me if I'd read it. There was this role, Will tanner and he just thought
it would be a good thing to do. He was really excited about this pirate movie he
really enjoyed the script and I was coming to London to do a film called the
Calcium Kid which is out later in the year. But it all came about but once I’d
read the script on his recommendation, it was an opportunity to get
involved.”
You’ve been hanging out with Brad and people like that
recently, do you have lots of drunken parties shooting or is it all well
behaved?
It’s always pretty well behaved I wouldn’t say I’ve been
hanging out with Brad - I mean we’re working together on Troy but I actually
don’t get the opportunity to do that much stuff to do with him as our characters
don’t cross over that much. There was a cast dinner at the start but that was
about it. He's a really nice guy.
What do you think you are most looking forward to in
forthcoming projects? Calcium Kid is going to be your first main lead role isn’t
it?
That was a small film I shot here in London - it was an
opportunity to be a clown completely different from elf or army boy or bush
ranger in Ned Kelly which will be out later in year. It was just something
completely different. I needed to do it and a friend of mine was making it as
well it was just so much fun and creatively so rewarding as well. It was a small
film and the tempo was moving we just kept shooting for 6 weeks. We didn’t have
a lot of time or money to waste - it’s a sweet fun movie you know......its a v
fun movie its not like these epic historic movies I’ve been doing. It’s a chance
to do something light and fun.
Back to the epics Return of The King coming out at the
end of the year - how do you feel about that when its all done and dusted -
because I know you guys put a heck of a lot of work into it?
Yeah it was really emotional to come to the end of all
that, I was in N Z earlier this year and Pete just shot me out and did
everything that I had to do for the third movie. He really liked the sliding
down stairs on shield and things like that. He wanted to recreate a third movie
which will top all that which I think if it works out - I think it should be
really great fun.
I can imagine Pete will be fiddling right up to the
very final stages because that’s what he did with first and second film didn’t
he?
Oh yeah, I can imagine he'll be tweaking til the wee
small hours – it’s such a great opportunity for me such a great opener - I got the job when I left drama school and the experience and opportunity its led to has
been unbelievable.
Do you still keep in contact with some of your mates
from Kent?
Well yeah, I went to school with my best mate who I see
all the time he lives up in London now, so I see him all the time he came to see
me in Malta....so yeah.....
Is it kind of weird for you this ‘Hollywood set thing’
because you are from Kent and you’re very grounded and its all Orlando Bloom is
the next whatever.......
Yeah, it does but you take it with a pinch of salt it’s
very flattering. I’m just grateful for the opportunity to work that’s what I
love to do. The rest of it is just hype and what the publicity machine does to
open a movie....
