Orlando Bloom in “The Lord of the Rings”: As Legolas, he became the laughing number

As Legolas, Orlando Bloom (48) received fame, but also ridicule, the star reflects 24 years after the global success of “The Lord of the Rings”. The actor remembered how his colleagues often hugged his alter ego Legolas and he became a “target”.

The “Curse of the Caribbean” pirate told Fan Expo Chicago, when asked about funny memories of the filming with the other actors -including Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler or Ian McKellen -that his role as eleven warrior Legolas had provided many gags among his colleagues. “I was the target of most jokes because I never got dirty,” said Bloom. “Legolas never becomes bloody, never becomes dirty. Viggo loved it to joke about my beautiful hair, my clean face, my hands, my nails and so on.”

Speaking of hair: “Back then I raised my hairline by shaving to look a little older and more eleven. Today that would not be necessary because I get a bald head,” joked the ex-partner of singer Katy Perry (40). At the time, he also revealed with the “hobbits surfing” after the shooting, revealed the 48-year-old.

Apart from the teasing, the actors maintained a family handling, the actor finally assured. “I was 20 or 21 – we were all young. It was a lot of fun. We were a family of friends.”

In an interview, he recently revealed that Orlando Bloom endorses a lot for a role. For the role, he had to lose 23 kilos in a very short time. The actor suffered physically and mentally from the rapid weight loss, as the Briton revealed on the TV show “This Morning”: “I was only exhausted. I was mentally and physically hungry and angry and I was a terrible person for the others.” All foods were canceled. “Then I have basically limited myself to eating tuna and cucumbers in the past three weeks.”