Orlando Blooms biography
On the 13th of January 1977 Orlando Bloom was Born in the English town of Canterbury in Kent. He attended a school called Saint Edmunds, until in 1993 he moved to London at the age of 16 to persue his acting career. That he had wanted to do since he found out that super man was infact an actor and not real. When he first moved to London he attended The National Youth Theatre. Eventually earning him a place in the British American Drama Academy, where he played the lead role in "A walk in Vienna Woods". He appeared in his first film in 1997 called Wilde playing a rentboy appearing in the movie for around 11 seconds. Then Orlando was accepted into the Guildhall of Music and Drama where he decided to leave film work for a while to further his education. Also apearing in soaps such as casualty. He  then reappeared on our screens in 2000 playing Petter Drinkwater in the Soap Midsomer Murders in an episode called 'Judgement Day'. this episode was about a brutal pitchfork murder of a local theif and womaniser (guess who he was : ) !)
 
About a year before hand in 1999 peter Jackson the Director of the trilogy of LOTR noticed Orlando when he auditioned for the part of Faramir who wouldnt be introduced until the 2nd film. This part had already been taken so Peter had asked Orlando's agent if he could re-audition for the role of Legolas Greenleaf which as we all know he got. As a result Orlando appeared in his first feature film debut 'The Fellowship Of The Ring.' To complete his make over to become the archer elf Legolas, Orlando had to have a complete transformation ending up in a blonde wig, and blue contact lenses and spending about  2 hours or so in make up every day. Shooting the trilogy lasted roughly 18 months which took place in New Zealand. During his time there he played practical jokes and made close friends, took up surfing to pass the time, had a tatoo done on his right lower arm and bungee jumpped 5 times in half an hour off of  the highest jump in NZ.
He has filme Ned kelly in Australia that is set to be released in 2003 and co starring with Heath Ledger. He has now completed a British Film called the Calcium Kid in which he has the lead role.
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