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 From elves to pirates, American soldiers to Australian criminals, Orlando Bloom has played all sorts in a career that really began only two years ago. With Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Bloom trades his bow and arrow for a sword and joins Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley on the old fashioned swashbuckler tale.Bloom plays a blacksmith whose love interest (Knightley) is kidnapped by the evil pirates. So, he enlists the help of eccentric pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) to rescue her. Depp almost steals the whole show with his staggering, wide-eyed bum of a pirate, but Bloom holds his own in a swordfight with Depp, and playing the buddy banter as they pursue the pirates.
But Pirates is a solid show to tide the fans over, especially when Bloom impersonates Johnny Depp’s character and his crazy mannerisms.
What did Johnny Depp think of your impression of him?
I don’t know if he’s seen it, but we talked about it because we are flying over Saint Vincent together. And I was like, “I really with I was doing what you’re doing. And I would love to do an impression.” And he was like, “You should do that, it would be great.” Jerry [Bruckheimer] was on the flight as well, and he was like, “Yeah, we’ll work that in. Okay!” And it was cool.. It was fun to do it.
How did you develop it?
It was pretty straight. Johnny does this [demonstrates], he’s got this thing, and he had this whole movement, so I did a lot of stuff with him and just watched him and tried to do it.
Did you hang onto the sail yourself, or were you in a special rig?
There was a rig. They swung me out there. I was there hanging, but I had something attached like a harness.
What was the most dangerous situation you were in?
That was pretty uncomfortable. I’m not sure how dangerous it was because I was rigged, but it was really uncomfortable. You know when I am standing up and I say, “I am Will Turner” and stuff, that was kind of [dangerous] because I could have fallen back into the sea, and I wasn’t rigged there, and it was wet and slippery.
Are these three epics, Rings, Pirates and Troy, are there a lot of similarities or more differences?
They are big movies. There is something about being on a big movie set, but no, every film is an individual, every film is completely different, you can’t really compare.
Was it a goal to do these swords of swordplay movies?
No, I’ve chosen the work. It kind of happened for me, and I feel really grateful for it. I haven’t made a conscious effort to get involved with that. I have just responded to the material. I mean, Lord of the Rings was a no brainer. It was the first project I got out of school, and it was like okay, great, what an opportunity, are you crazy. But Black Hawk Down was to work under Ridley. Ned Kelley is a smaller kind of film really and Calcium Kid is a small British film.
Have you ever been on the Disneyland ride?
No, I hope I can get back for the premiere. I have to leave unfortunately.
How did sword fighting compare to archery?
It was a lot harder. There are a lot more moves. There’s a lot more to learn. That was a huge sequence, particularly that opening sequence. I was quite intimidated by the whole idea of having to do that. I wasn’t too intimidated because I had had the experience on Rings, so I knew that you break all fights down into sections and that’s how it works.
Are you open for a Pirates sequel?
Yeah, I had to sign off for a sequel. That was part of the deal.
Have you done reshoots for Return of the King?
Yes, I have. Pete wanted to do something with Leggy that he had kind of done in the first two. I had these little moments when I am running over the back of the cave troll, or in the second one, sliding down the stairs. He had an idea that he wanted to combine all of that and create a really great moment for Leggy. So we shot that.
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