Blues Angel
Team Captain
In the spirit of Hoggy's 'John Stamos Appreciation Thread' I thought it only fitting to dedicate a thread and a place on Big Footy for the spunkiest Elf to have ever graced Middle Earth.
Here are some Orlando facts:
His friends call him Orli or OB.
Has brown hair and brown eyes.
Is 5'11" (180 cm)
Is a vegetarian, and stays away from dairy products.
His father named him after the hero/heroine of Virginia Woolf's novel "Orlando", because he thought everyone would remember it.
He used to smoke, but recently quit and now he bites his nails.
He enjoys sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Anything dangerous it seems, although he also enjoys safer hobbies such as photography, shopping and buying old antiques, and he "can't stand computers".
He says he's accident prone, and has the injury list to prove it. He's broken his back, his ribs, his nose, both his legs, his arm, his wrist, a finger and a toe, and cracked his skull three times!
A year before doing the Lord of the Rings, he fell 3 stories off a friend's porch while trying to open a jammed door and broke his back. He was almost confined to a wheelchair, but luckily the doctors were able to patch him up.
His sister Samantha is 2 years older than him.
Has a dog named Maude.
His father, Harry Bloom, died when Orlando was 4 and was a legendary figure in antiapartheid circles in South Africa. Harry also wrote a famous tome called Episode In The Transvaal, was jailed for his beliefs, and worked alongside Nelson Mandela.
He's not married.
Has a tattoo of 'nine' in Elvish on his right forearm, and a sun on his torso that he got when he was 15.
His favorite color is yellow.
He can speak French.
He has A-levels in theatre, photography and sculpture.
His favorite football team is Manchester United.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range when he was 13.
For LOTR, he had to learn archery, how to ride a horse bareback (while shooting an arrow), and how to fight and wield two swords. "I started off with archery, I rode about 20 different horses, I had physical training in the gym, and I had to learn the Elvish ways of speaking and fighting. Their fighting is based on ancient European and Asian martial arts, so I had a trainer who taught me how to use the blades. I also did a lot of movement training, because movement is my way into the character." - SFX Magazine
He originally auditioned for Lord of the Rings in the part of Faramir, Boromir's brother, who wouldn't be introduced until The Two Towers. He was turned down for that part, but was then asked to audition for Legolas. He learned that he got the part the day before he graduated from Guildhall.
Dated his "Lullaby of Clubland" girlfriend Joanne Morley in 1996, who also dated André Schneider later on. André is now a close friend of Orlando's and one of his costars in Deed Poll.
It was rumored that he was briefly engaged to model Jemma Kidd. In an interview Orlando only said "I won't admit or deny anything. Makes me more interesting."
Quotes
"When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that," "Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected." And, he adds with a laugh, "They're a handful."
"People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you."
"As soon as I got to New Zealand, I went bungee jumping. I was standing on the platform for one hour contemplating whether to jump or not".
"I'm probably a good boyfriend, but I'm pretty intense. When you're with me it's exciting, fun and very intense. At the same time I'm easy going. But all that depends on what girl I'm with."
"I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all."
"The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it."
"I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?"
"Viggo will go on about Elves and how they're always doing their nails and brushing their long, blonde hair, and being all prissy. And i just say: Well, at least I'm going to live forever! Got that? LIVE FOREVER!"
"I can be a little bit outrageous. I can be a lot of things. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff. But I also like to just chill with my friends and go and see movies and do normal things."
"I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone like Legolas, who's this super-cool kind of otherworldly elf. It's, like, I'm lucky, man, so why would I not appreciate that?"
ORLANDO - WE WORSHIP YOU!!
Here are some Orlando facts:
His friends call him Orli or OB.
Has brown hair and brown eyes.
Is 5'11" (180 cm)
Is a vegetarian, and stays away from dairy products.
His father named him after the hero/heroine of Virginia Woolf's novel "Orlando", because he thought everyone would remember it.
He used to smoke, but recently quit and now he bites his nails.
He enjoys sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Anything dangerous it seems, although he also enjoys safer hobbies such as photography, shopping and buying old antiques, and he "can't stand computers".
He says he's accident prone, and has the injury list to prove it. He's broken his back, his ribs, his nose, both his legs, his arm, his wrist, a finger and a toe, and cracked his skull three times!
A year before doing the Lord of the Rings, he fell 3 stories off a friend's porch while trying to open a jammed door and broke his back. He was almost confined to a wheelchair, but luckily the doctors were able to patch him up.
His sister Samantha is 2 years older than him.
Has a dog named Maude.
His father, Harry Bloom, died when Orlando was 4 and was a legendary figure in antiapartheid circles in South Africa. Harry also wrote a famous tome called Episode In The Transvaal, was jailed for his beliefs, and worked alongside Nelson Mandela.
He's not married.
Has a tattoo of 'nine' in Elvish on his right forearm, and a sun on his torso that he got when he was 15.
His favorite color is yellow.
He can speak French.
He has A-levels in theatre, photography and sculpture.
His favorite football team is Manchester United.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range when he was 13.
For LOTR, he had to learn archery, how to ride a horse bareback (while shooting an arrow), and how to fight and wield two swords. "I started off with archery, I rode about 20 different horses, I had physical training in the gym, and I had to learn the Elvish ways of speaking and fighting. Their fighting is based on ancient European and Asian martial arts, so I had a trainer who taught me how to use the blades. I also did a lot of movement training, because movement is my way into the character." - SFX Magazine
He originally auditioned for Lord of the Rings in the part of Faramir, Boromir's brother, who wouldn't be introduced until The Two Towers. He was turned down for that part, but was then asked to audition for Legolas. He learned that he got the part the day before he graduated from Guildhall.
Dated his "Lullaby of Clubland" girlfriend Joanne Morley in 1996, who also dated André Schneider later on. André is now a close friend of Orlando's and one of his costars in Deed Poll.
It was rumored that he was briefly engaged to model Jemma Kidd. In an interview Orlando only said "I won't admit or deny anything. Makes me more interesting."
Quotes
"When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that," "Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected." And, he adds with a laugh, "They're a handful."
"People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you."
"As soon as I got to New Zealand, I went bungee jumping. I was standing on the platform for one hour contemplating whether to jump or not".
"I'm probably a good boyfriend, but I'm pretty intense. When you're with me it's exciting, fun and very intense. At the same time I'm easy going. But all that depends on what girl I'm with."
"I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all."
"The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it."
"I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?"
"Viggo will go on about Elves and how they're always doing their nails and brushing their long, blonde hair, and being all prissy. And i just say: Well, at least I'm going to live forever! Got that? LIVE FOREVER!"
"I can be a little bit outrageous. I can be a lot of things. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff. But I also like to just chill with my friends and go and see movies and do normal things."
"I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone like Legolas, who's this super-cool kind of otherworldly elf. It's, like, I'm lucky, man, so why would I not appreciate that?"
ORLANDO - WE WORSHIP YOU!!
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