Washington, Dec 7 : Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom revealed that his childhood dyslexia helped him carve a niche for himself in the Hollywood. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star admitted that he used to struggle a lot with his schoolwork and it was his disability gave him a kick to excel in arts. “Because of the dyslexia I always thought I had to work twice as hard as everyone else just to go the same distance,” Contactmusic quoted the star as saying. Childhood dyslexia taught Bloom to ‘work twice as hard’
Category: LotR Cast News
Carol writes: The Evening with Viggo Mortensen mentioned in the Backstage article is apparently for SAG members only. HOWEVER, Viggo will be doing a Q&A session following the screening of Eastern Promises on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Tickets are currently on sale at www.arclightcinemas.com
From backstage.com: Focus Features, Back Stage West, and The Hollywood Reporter invite you to join Eastern Promises star Viggo Mortenson (A History of Violence) for a screening on Thursday, Dec. 6, in Los Angeles. A crime thriller from A History of Violence director David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises tells the story of Nikolai (Mortensen), a mysterious driver for one of London’s most notorious crime families. When Nikolai crosses paths with a young midwife, he finds his loyalties tested as he is drawn into the family’s dark secrets. Continue reading “An Evening With … Viggo Mortenson”
Anthony writes: Orlando Bloom has narrated a new documentary film – now available on DVD. To see the film’s Web site and trailer go to: www.EverestPeaceProject.org. Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed as a “tremendous achievement” by the Dalai Lama. Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit – an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.
Lith writes: Just wanted to drop you a line to provide some info about a couple of LOTR actors who participated in a charity project to benefit children’s charity in the UK. Back in 2005, an organization called Celebrity Handprints collected inked handprints from over 100 celebrities, and now their first collection of many of them is available for purchase. Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom both appear (at least their handprints do) in the book; both actors’ handprints are also being offered as limited edition early release prints. The charity was featured in this recent article in Ireland Online.
To view the site for the book, with links to several celebrity handprints, go to this link.
The direct links to Elijah’s and Orlando’s handprints are, respectively here,
and here.
Perhaps some fans out there would be interested in owning the book or one of those limited release handprints, while contributing to aid for children at the same time.
Penny writes: Beecake will be playing an accoustic session on BBC Radio Pudsey Monday the 26th of November from 6am GMT. the show will be looped throughout the day so tune in listen and give money to Children in Need. Boyd’s Beecake Helps Children in Need on the Beeb