Orlando Bloom Trivia, Highlights
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Bloom can speak French.
He has an older sister, Samantha Bloom.
Is "mildly dyslexic".
Orlando's favourite vegetable is spinach.
Bloom used to be a vegetarian, but he had to go back to eating meat when he was filming The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Originally auditioned to play the role of "Faramir" in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy but lost out on that role and was instead asked to play the role of Legolas.
Orlando's first car was a dark green VW Golf that costed £160.
He shares his birthday with Traci Bingham, Nick Clooney, Penelope Ann Miller and Liya Kebede.
He was nominated with the entire The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) cast for "Best Ensemble Acting" at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Won the award at the 2002 Empire Awards for "Best Debut."
According to Screensavers.com, Orlando Bloom replaced Britney Spears at the top of the website's celebrity download index in January, 2004.
On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list [2004].
Web-site Ananova.com chose him as the sexiest actor in Britain, 2004.
His cousin Sebastian Copeland, is Brigitte Nielsen's ex-husband.
Chosen as Teen People's #1 Hottie for the October 2004 issue.
Named as one of nine "off the charts" sexy superstars by People Magazine in 2004, along with Jake Gyllenhaal, Usher Raymond, Colin Farrell, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, and Johnny Depp.
Voted #1 star most women would like to kiss under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.
Orlando graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1999.
Amusingly enough, his 2000 guest appearance in the television show, "Midsomer Murders" (1997) references and discusses "The Lord of the Rings", for which he was eventually cast The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -2001.
He found his dog, Sidi, while filming Kingdom of Heaven.
Bloom made archery a very popular sport in the UK. Many youngsters saw him with a bow in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and decided to join archery schools.
Wears a replica of the One Ring that says "To wherever it may lead." It was given to him by one of the makeup artists on LOTR.
Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in Photography and one C in Religious Studies.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range when he was 13.
Supports English football team Manchester United.
Underwent a great deal of training with knives, horseback riding, canoeing and archery before his role as Legolas.
He was visited by Countess Seidy Maria Lopez during the filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in New Zealand.
Bloom was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2005 and 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category on the 2005 ballot for his performance in the film Troy (2004), the next year in the Worst Actor category for his performances in the films Elizabethtown (2005) and Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which started making him bite his nails instead.
He learned to surf during the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in New Zealand.
During the filming for The Fellowship of the Ring, he fell off his horse and broke one of his ribs.
Ranked 76 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties.
Orlando won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Male."
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002.
Chosen as the sexiest male movie star by Empire Magazine in September 2004. Overall he was 3rd; ahead of him were Keira Knightley (1st) and Angelina Jolie (2nd).
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