Orlando Bloom has erased a movie from his mind even though we liked it

Troy was a success and has a memorable cast, but his character never convinced him

The race of Orlando Bloom is to be envied and only in recent years has he participated in films such as Open Sourcethe one based on the PlayStation video game Grand Tourismor the almost recently released Red Right Hand, in which he stars alongside Andie MacDowell. But it was in the early 2000s when Bloom had her… boom.

It was then that he played the role of Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean and also when he left us his magnificent interpretation of the elf Legolas in the trilogy of The Lord of the rings by Peter Jackson, some films, those based on Tolkien’s novels, which in fact led to us shortly after seeing more epic cinema (fantastic or historical) and that several of these also had Orlando Bloom as one of their featured characters.

Thus, in 2005 we were able to see him in the kingdom of heavendirected by Ridley Scott, and a little earlier, in 2004, in Troya great blockbuster that featured a cast made up of the great Peter O’Toole, his partner in The Lord of the rings Sean Bean, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Diane Kruger in addition to Bloom himself. However, Bloom has preferred erase this last tape from your memory. Because?

“I didn’t want to play that character.”

In a recent interview for the video series Know Their Lines Variety, Bloom admitted that he has almost completely blocked the film from his mind despite having played the prince parisone of the many protagonists that this epic film left us.

The actor seemed surprisingly disoriented when asked to remember one of his character’s lines. “Oh my God, Troy. Oh. “I think I’ve erased that movie from my mind,” she confessed. “So many people love that movie, but for me, playing that character was like [hace gesto de cortarse el cuello]. Can I say all this? I didn’t want to make the movie. “I didn’t want to play this character.”

Despite the commercial success of Troy, which grossed nearly $500 million at the global box office, Bloom was not comfortable with his role. “The movie was great. Brad was there [Pitt]Eric [Bana] and Peter O’Toole,” Bloom continued. “But how was I going to play this character? I was completely against everything what I felt in my being. At one point she says Paris is crawling on the floor after being hit by someone and holding his brother’s leg. I thought, ‘I’m not going to be able to do this.’ One of my agents at the time said, ‘But that’s the moment that will make it memorable.’ And I fell completely exhausted with that phrase from the agent. I think that’s why I’ve blocked that movie from my mind.”

Where can we see Troy

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Troy is a historical epic based on the Iliad of Homer. The film narrates the Trojan War, triggered by the love between Paris (Orlando Bloom), prince of Troy, and Helen (Diane Kruger), queen of Sparta. This romance causes a conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks, led by Agamemnon (Brian Cox) and the legendary warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt). Through epic battles and military strategies, the film explores bravery, honor and tragedy on both sides.

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