Orlando Bloom Has Blanked ‘Troy’ Out of His Mind Because ‘I Didn’t Want to Play That Character’: It Was ‘Against Everything I Felt in My Being’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Orlando Bloom has fond memories of making movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Lord of the Rings,” but Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 historical epic “Troy” is a different story.
During an interview for Variety’s “Know Their Lines” video series, Bloom blanked on one of the lines said by his “Troy” character Paris (he thought it must be from “Kingdom of Heaven” or “Lord of the Rings”) and admitted that he has mostly blocked the movie out of his mind. “Oh my god, ‘Troy.’ Wow.
I think I just blanked that movie out of my brain by the way,” Bloom said. “So many people love that movie, but for me playing that character was just like [slits throat].
Am I allowed to say all of these things? I didn’t want to do the movie. I didn’t want to play this character.” “The movie was great.
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