Orlando Bloom’s nude scenes in Retaliation are ‘required’ to explore trauma of sexual abuse
Orlando Bloom hopes fans can look beyond the nudity in his new movie Retaliation and understand the lasting trauma of childhood sexual abuse.The 43-year-old actor appears as Malky, an adult victim of childhood sexual abuse who confronts the horrors of his past, in the movie, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival as Romans and is now available digitally and on demand in the U.S. under its new title.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, however, Orlando insisted the scenes were “really just what was required,” adding, “I didn’t think about the nudity aspect.