Matt C sends in advance word on a Shippey ecture in the Annapolis region. Take a look! [More]
Day: November 21, 2002
thebluekat sends along this text from the December issue of Vogue Magazine featuring Orlando Bloom (Legolas). [More]
thebluekat sends along this text from the December issue of Vogue Magazine featuring Orlando Bloom.
Up Next: True Brit
“I’m always amazed anyone’s interested in what I have to say,” says 25-year old actor Orlando Bloom. He won’t be able to get away with that line much longer. Virtually unknown a year ago, he’ s emerging as the next big Brit, thanks to a barrage of recent performances including a ponytailed elfin warrior in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the second installment of which opens this month. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate,” Bloom says of the “huge, rapid roller-coaster ride” he’s now enjoying, despite the fact that his “mum” back in Canterbury keeps telling him that people make their own luck. Whatever the source, Bloom has indeed been very lucky. In fact, he’s just completed his first leading role, as a milkman/amateur boxer boxer in the low-budget British film The Calcium Kidm and is currently working with Johnny Depp in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean.
Bloom’s heroes are mainly American film stars-with Paul Newman and Steve McQueen at the top of his list. “As English actors, we look at these old American movie stars and think, God, how cool!” He has refreshingly little to say about his own technique, howvever- “It sounds slightly self-indulgent to hear some actor wanking on how you get into your role.” He’d much rather talk about the joys of moviemaking; the people, the camaraderie, the locations (Morocco for Black Hawk Down, Austrailia for The Kelly Gang, New Zealand – where he got serious about surfing – for The Lord of the Rings, and now the Caribeen island of St. Vincent for Pirates). “The process of making a movie is what I love,” Bloom says. “I thrive on that. It’s an exciting miracle. It’s a mad adventure. I love being part of it.”
The folks making the Indie-Tolkien film Ancanar will be at Ring*Con this weekend, they are presenting a behind-the-scenes clip from their film, take a look for more info! [More]
Curugon writes: Hello again from Los Angeles! With Ring*Con approaching, I thought I’d send over a series of stills from the presentation that will be screening this weekend. In addition to the trailer, there will be a featurette with scenes from the film and interviews with Sam and Raiya. In about a week’s time after the convention, they will make an appearance on Ancanar.com
Zorina sends along this bit of news: ‘Designs in Ice’ December 27, 28, 39 2002 The Lord of the Rings comes to icy life in this three day competition that will feature Ontarios top ice carvers chiseling and shaping 45,000 pounds of ice. (sounds like one of my first dates… -Xo)