OlderTue, 27 January 2009 at 4:23 pm
Orlando Bloom: Sympathy for Delicious!
Orlando Bloom looks a big grungy, sporting a shaggy new wig and a hole-y t-shirt on the set of his new movie, Sympathy for Delicious, on Tuesday (January 27) in Los Angeles.
The film is about a newly paralyzed DJ (Christopher Thorton), who gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing. The dramedy is being directed by Mark Ruffalo, who has starred in films like The Brothers Bloom, 13 Going on 30 and Reservation Road.
WHAT DO YOU THINK or Orly’s shaggy new do — HOT or NOT?
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lame. james franco was supposed to do this. james wouldve done sooo much better.
Can you dig it?
Bloom’s not playing the DJ. He’s playing the “hard as nails” lead singer of a rock band.
I’m just glad to see him working on a film again. It’s been too long.
hola es un lindo chico
I’m excited about this role for Orlando. Anyone who has seen the VMAN photos will agree Orlando can portray a hardcore rocker! I do hope they let him keep his natural accent.
Well, I can take the hair until his own grows out! His will be “hot!” Also, he is going to make a fantastic “hard as nails” rocker. Did you see the VMan shoot and Orlando’s eggy character in “Haven?”
I think that he looks better before this movie. i hate that look sorry.
I hope he does good with this film, it’s been ages since he has gotten any work it seems. It’s nice to just talk about him and only him too. Im sure he is having a good time filimng he looks most happy when he is filming and working.
HOTTT!
Definitely HOT!
I. Can’t. Wait.
oh why would Mark Ruffalo ruin his own movie by casting such a horrible actor?
@#1
You’re right, James Franco would have been soooooo much better.
His hair, or wig, reminds me of the Osmond brothers from the seventies. I would have chosen a different look for his hair. But he wears the look well enough, I guess. His clothes don’t look seventies. They look current.
he looks sexy either way lol ! and i think hell do great in this film cant wait till february 13th new york i love you comes out thats a film w/ him in it to those of u who dont know !:)
Woot! He’s working again!!! I cant wait to see how he plays this character!!!
And JJ he’s not playing the DJ, he’s playing a lead singer in a band. Get your shiz strait before you go posting crap.
I wish James Franco was still doing this. I hate Orlando Bloom!
Yeah, he really doesn’t look too paralyzed in those pics! hope this goes well.
HOT!HOT!HOT!
I love this new look. I think he will do fine in this movie you just wait and see! Go Orli!
Despite his luck of being in 2 huge trilogies he is a horrible actor. Besides he is so soft and feminine.
Jared, correct the text please. He won’t be playing the paralysed DJ as others before me have already pointed out. And to answer your question: kinda hot. I hope he sings in the movie. :)
Shaggy wig or bald, the man is hot, hot, hot.
OMG, he’s actually working. I’m impressed, Orlando, you’re not a complete idiot then. And as others have said before me, Orlando is playing the rocker, not the DJ.
damn ..i was hoping james franco would be doing the movie..orlando bloom sucks
nooooooooooooooo i wanted to see james franco sexy self
I love it!
I can’t wait to see him in this movie!
@ stepho @ 01/27/2009 at 4:27 pm lame. james franco was supposed to do this. james wouldve done sooo much better.
@ Tiffany @ 01/27/2009 at 7:27 pm damn ..i was hoping james franco would be doing the movie..orlando bloom sucks
@ nina @ 01/27/2009 at 5:54 pm I wish James Franco was still doing this. I hate Orlando Bloom!
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:D he’s working in a movie again~ yay~ ^o^ damn its been awhile good for him~!!!!!! this makes me happy….and he sorta (k dont lynch me) like Tony Almada from 24 :O lolol just that expression…ive been on a 24 kick LOLOL well, w2g Lan~ ^o^ cant wait for the release~
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i wish james was still doing it! i was looking fowars to this cuz i love james!
wait why isn’t james doing it??
OMG I CANT WAIT!!!!! and Mark Rufalo is awesome!!!
sooo not. not at all! bring back cute orlando!
Great job mate!
Much cuter as his normal self. Hottest as Will Turner. But HURRAY for Orlando working! Looking forward to this movie now.
Forgot to say that I hope his characters calls for his normal accent and I wonder if he will have to sing.
He looks so feminine.. But why it seems that orlando is reduced to low profile movies?
Orlando! Miranda must be so proud!
Yay! He’s actually working again! This could really be a great opportunity to try something totally different and I’m really hoping he pulls it off. I think he can. He played ‘bad boy’ pretty well in that British t.v. series way back when he was just starting out. So go Orlando - I know you can do it!
i love his crazy hobbit hair!
Wow! He’s working again? Hell must be freezing over.
nooo i dont want him to do the movie…what about james franco i thought he was doing this movie??
I think that he looks fantastic! Very sexy.
I can’t wait for this movie!
Just because its not going to be some block buster/trilogie again doesnt mean its going to be automaticaly a low profile movie…..! I for one am happy to see that he is trying to do something different than the usual box ofice pleaser. I hope he’s not to rusty from the long break he’s taken tough….
@43
To each his own. I think that he looks sexy. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean that I am wrong. I have my opinion, you have yours. Checking out other web sites, it seems that many people agree with me.
And I like the fact that he doesn’t look like our usual Orlando. He might just shake some people up in this role.
As for New York I Love You, it will be in limited release starting next month. It would depend on the reviews, and the buzz generated as to whether it sees a larger release. Same with this new picture. It will probably open in limited release, and we will see what happens from there.
36 ya right. Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, Juliette Lewis are all “low profile”. what rock did you just crawl out from under? many people prefer seeing movies that dont require everything to blow up, nor does everyone prefer to only see movies that make more than 250 million dollars. i thought movies were supposed to be art too?
gunnedah hobag chick, I dislike MK as much as many do, but really your dingo **** is already old. it was old the week after you started it but apparently you think you are clever and funny and that somehow we all want to keep seeing your posts. its not funny anymore and is now not only annoying to those that love MK but also to those who dont.
@fake rack
*applauds*
Oh my god he is HOT!! And to all the Orlando haters go drown yourself or something. Get a life please.
That so doesn’t look like Orlando Bloom…does anyone else see that?
Seriously, does no one else see that that does NOT look like Orlando Bloom? His face looks all…wrong.
IMHO, orlando is a very good looking actor and no doubt about that. But his ability to draw audiences for a solo starrer movie is somehow on question. Or maybe it’s just the type of movie he chosed in the past that didn’t have a mass appeal or simply because there’s no good offer for him around that he is forced to do lowprofile/indie movies.
It’s always good to make a comeback movie which will be a box office hit…
What is with James’e fans being here bashing Orlando?HE not doing the movie get over it .Iam sure he will get other great parts to play.Or are Dephi loons here working over time?I think it is the latter I can’t imagine James Franco’s fans th being that mean it is Delphi loons style
Orlando is very handsome!!!
I never said you were wrong about anything ….. i was just simply voicing my opinion …… just because I think he looks diffferent ….. does not mean I think he looks bad …… the look thru me for a loop is all ….. this is the first time he’s worn a wig since LOTR days…… it makes his face look different is all …. i am very intrigued to see what the character is like on the inside ….. and that is not something you can tell just from pics …… Thank you for the info about the films.
Go Orlando!!! + work - s***.
Frodo?
He looks good. I see the whiners have already made up their minds, though. They’ll probably try to say this is proof he’s really Osama bin Laden and it’s all Miranda’s fault or some other wanky conspiracy theory. JJ always has the best loons.
He isn’t being “forced to do low profile/indie movies”, he is choosing to do them. The list of his projects in the works are all indie films. He has so much money in the bank that he will never be “forced” to do anything. The projects that he is choosing to do all involve respected directors and actors. It’s not like he has signed on to be in a movie with Paris Hilton. He is/will be working with actors like Mark Ruffalo, Juliet Lewis, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Chow Yun Fat, and Javier Bardem. Are they “low profile”? No. It’s the quality of the story that is attracting them, not the big money. Indie films are respected in the industry. It’s too bad that some members of the public aren’t as educated. A movie doesn’t have to earn a billion at the box office to be admired by the people that matter in the business.
I am really looking forward to this film.
I think that he looks amazing!
I’ve always loved longer hair on him. I’m just imagining ‘Shy’ in all his fury, at a microphone. *faints*
There are even more set pics on OLove. He is definitely wearing eye liner, and Sidi is with him. Juliet Lewis is also in some of the pictures.
“It’s always good to make a comeback movie which will be a box office hit…”
Tell that to Mickey Rourke.
The Wrestler will never make a lot of money at the box office, but Mickey has made one of the best comebacks in recent memory. Sure RBJ’s comeback in a box office hit was wonderful. But Mickey’s comeback was even better IMO.
Besides, Orlando doesn’t really need a “comeback”. Based upon recent polls, he never left.
James Franco dropped out because the film was put on hold indefinitely following Scott Ruffalo’s death and now James (so I read anyway) has committed himself to other projects. And as much as I like both James and Orlando, I think this is a wonderful opportunity for Orlando to try something completely out of character (for him) from what anyone would expect him to do. I agree, every film an actor signs on for doesn’t have to be a ‘CGI wonder’ or a huge blockbuster at the box office to earn critical respect. In fact the smaller independent films often make better showcases allowing an actor to ‘prove’ himself where individual abilities are concerned. I think he’s wise to choose something different right now.
DEFINITELY NOT
Don’t worry, there is this magic little thing called editing and small supporting roles portrayed weakly are easiest to trim. Lewis will probably become more featured as” the rocker”. Yes, Bloom will yet again ride the coattails of better, more accomplished and well regarded actors and his fans will yet again spin any of the movie’s success into being all because of him.
LOL at all of these casual on set “pap” shots! And the return of Sidi too! Just what all the little fangirls ordered. The gf ain’t anywhere around now, so guess you can’t blame her for the phone calls this time huh? Nice job Robin.
Definitely not what?
And the bitter hags from Delphi just keep a comin’!
So, Sidi is now a prop, and the paps have no interest in Orlando on set? Is that what you are trying to say?
Bitter, party of one.
You know the names of his dog and his manager, so I would assume that you are a sad little former fan who became bitter when you realzed that he will never be yours. Poor thing.
I think that “spin” is your specialty.
#60 is correct. Fans can’t accept the fact that orlando is not capable of being the lead actor, just a pretty face. I’m not a fan of leo, but honestly, he has the real acting chops among his generation.
Right, he’s called the paps to get out of a studio showing slightly his head to look both sides and to cover his face with an umbrella. Stop trying so hard to be seen, Mr. Bloom!
Of course, when Orlando is snapped with his gf, his PR team have staged the pics and haven’t bothered to check his fans’ reaction to her, but when he’s snapped with the dog, that’s because they have studied deeply his fans’ reaction to his dog. LOL!
I guess that some people get an itch all around their body if Orlando’s fans show enthusiasm about him. Bitter, that’s the right word.
Go Orlando!
Just because he so far hasn’t been able to pull of the lead actor thing, doesnt mean he never will. If he keeps working on indi movies like this one and learns from good, respectable actors, who knows, one day he might.
I hope you’re being sarcastic, because the statements in that link about Ruffalo’s “charity” in giving Orlando the role, Laura Linney “acting circles around Orly’s pretty (but useless) little ass” and how “watching him sometimes is almost as embarrassing as reality tv” are not exactly “celebration”. Accurate, but not celebrating.
We think that Orlando needs to be givien a chance. Let’s see the movie before judgments are made as to whether or not he can pull this off. This movie may be just what he needs.
@65 Seems to us that you have been reading all of the fan sites for Orlando. That takes time and then you come here and pass judgment. and make fun of his fans. We wonder who really is the bitter person.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Yeah, bitter, homely Lainey is really the person to be taken seriously when it comes to Orlando. She has an unnatural fixation with him, and always tries to sling mud. She is a pathetic, sad woman.
Like #70 said… hell hath no fury.
If anything, mark Ruffalo is kissing Orlando’s feet for agreeing to be in his film. Ruffalo obviously knows talent when he sees it, and also knows that Orlando will bring a TON of attention to his movie.
Lainey is an idiot.
There are men who don’t take rejection too well, either. We don’t know what Lainey or any other gossip columnist really feels underneath their comments, but negative remarks about an actor do not necessarily mean that the person making them feels rejected. They may feel disappointed or disgusted, for all anybody knows. Or they may feel that the reality of the performer doesn’t match the hype, or that he or she misrepresented themselves.
It’s quite possible that Orlando has had to deal with rejection in his life, too, as he’s human.
marc and kriz, I agree about giving Bloom a chance to show what he can do with the role he’s been given. It’s up to the actor to make creative choices and be able to respond to direction. I don’t personally see him as leading man material and never have, but as a supporting player, he’s been adequate. I thought he did extremely well in “Ned Kelly.” Liked him in “Midsommer Murders,” too.
@60
A press photographer may be called in by the production company or studio publicity department to do a job, and the actors and crew would be made fully aware of such an arrangement. Films need publicity and on set still photographers are nothing new and have nothing to do with Robin Baum or any other actor’s PR department. This isn’t ALL about Orlando Bloom, contrary to what some people here may think.
@63, the bitter old hag and jealousy cards have been used and played by ‘both sides’ ad nauseum. It’s time to put that deck away. People feel what they feel, believe what they believe and see what they see. We can all agree to disagree without assuming (best not to assume things about people whom we don’t know unless we have proof and facts to back up those assumptions) what other posters real motives and thoughts are. Not everyone is impressed with Bloom, and he’s burned some bridges along the way with his fans. Those fans are entitled to their feelings and perceptions. I wouldn’t take their feelings or their posts personally.
@72
Perfect just perfect! Congrats
Lainey is not your normal gossip columnist. She seems to have a personal vendeta.
In one of her early posts, she tried to convince everyone that Orlando had come on to her, but she rejected him….as he climbed into a car with three beautiful young women. really lainey?? People were laughing at her.
She IS bitter.
As for the fans. If Orlando “burned bridges”, it was only with fans that held him to standards that would have been impossible to live up to. He isn’t a Saint. And some fans will never forgive him for that. They are, indeed entitled to their opinion, I just don’t understand their compulsion to keep visiting threads about him. That can’t be good for their psche.
Orlando managed to make it onto a set and into hair and makeup. Perhaps he learned his lesson from his last f#ck-up and won’t get kicked off this movie.
Are the Delphidiots back to that?
Poor sad creatures.
Are you talking about this article?
Three Whiskers after hours
Monday morning 4am – as I mentioned earlier I was waiting for a pick up at the Roosevelt with eTalk host Ben Mulroney when we saw Orly just getting back from post-Oscar partying. He went upstairs, came back downstairs to an SUV full of eager girls waiting inside. When he opened the back door they were giggling, a lot of negotiation going on – should we, shouldn’t we…remember back in high school? When you and your friends met up with him and his friends and there’s always that moment before the decision, when you didn’t want to seem to eager but you also didn’t want to go home and the boys retreated to a corner and the girls retreated to a corner, and the boys would joke and jock around and make bets on who would get blown first and the girls would hum and haw and analyse it to death before finally coming together in the end anyway?
Well that’s exactly what was going on outside the Roosevelt. The girls were in the car, Orly and his friend were waiting outside the car, then one of the girls started changing her shirt, then he opened the door and they squealed, then he jumped in with his friends and slammed the door, only to re-emerge a few minutes later, giggling all of them, he escorted them off to a side entrance and came round in front again. I’m still smoking my cigarette, he passes by clearly in a good mood because when he made eye contact he said to me – Hello there! How was your night then! And I was like, Great! And you? To which he replied – fantastic, yeah, yeah, always, always, always a good night, you know?
And then he smiled like he expected me to lose my **** right then and there and when I didn’t answer, he took one last leer and hopped inside to join his fan club which did NOT include Penelope Cruz, no matter how hard their publicists keep trying.
PS. The girls? They looked barely 20. No surprise there, right? At least he knows where to troll for success.”
Who knows if it happened or not. It’s not like every girl he took home from clubs was a stunner. He doesn’t exactly strike me as picky. You shippers need to stop using the excuse that everyone who doesn’t like him is either jealous or wants him. He’s not everybody’s dream man. Get over it!
LOL! The fangirls and their denial are so funny. Blaming everyone but the one at fault. Thanks for the laugh.
Have you seen Lainey?
He can have his choice of women. He wouldn’t have to settle for dregs like Lainey. And he certainly didn’t “leer” at her old a$$.
He was being nice to her, and she assumed that he wanted her. When he left, it ticked her off.
@79
Aw, don’t hate on Lainey for being “old.” It happens to all of us eventually, and growing older is a good thing, as you’ll soon discover. Hate on her for being an unfunny, mean-spirited hack that makes Perez Hilton seem like a decent human being instead. ;)
I think OB will do just fine in this film. He’s a decent actor, and those who insist he isn’t should check out more than just PotC. He got derailed with the teen idol thing, but the man has potential. I’m probably wasting my time stating this in Illiterate Psychotic Central, but oh well.
I think I love you.
Finally. Bloom is going to try to do some decent acting again in the movie, not in the hair product commercial. He is not in the main role, it is proofed that he can not carry the whole movie himself. But he can do it correctly when it comes to the smaller roles, and when the leading actor is strong and powerful enough . Viggo and Johnny did it in the super popular trilogies LOTR and POTC. I personally did not like Blooms movies after that. He was , how to say it, “weak”. His acting convinced me in nothing. I am really waiting for this movie. He is no more angelic handsome like he was before. He is older. He must play now, he can not count only on his good looking . And somebody here said that he “can learn form good actors he is playing with”. To late, people. He is 32, if he does not know how to act till this age, he will never learn.
“Shippers” for saying that Lainey is an idiot? Okay.
Never mind. No not everyone who doesn’t like him is jealous or wants him, but Lainey made it too obvious. She adored him and suddenly started to obsessively hate on him. According to her, because he politely asked her how was her night, what a son of a *****. In my opinion he paid her more attention than she deserves, if we are to believe her when she says that he actually talked to her.
According to most people and some sites that parodied her nasty obsession with him, because he didn’t pay her attention at all, which is the only version that makes sense.
I agree with #79, he might not strike you as picky but when it comes to beauty he definately seems to be.
How is it that every negative comment made about Bloom gets labeled as being someone for Delphi?
So if Lainey is a scorned bitter woman who was rejected by Bloom, and that’s believed to be the basis of her unkind remarks about him, what’s *this* person’s excuse for the nasty comments about Bloom? Scroll down half way, and you’ll see that Orlando has has a rep with some gossips since way back in 2006. Maybe the gossips know something about him that the rest of us don’t. Maybe he’s made some enemies. Who knows? Maybe Lainey saw a side of him first hand that his PR team kept hidden. Maybe she found him smug and arrogant and full of himself. It’s possible. Maybe she just didn’t get all the hype and hoopla that surrounded him or noticed a change in him as a result of it. The following gossip hound must have a gripe with everyone, and Bloom’s no exception. The herpes rumor is a new one to me. This goes back to June 2006. Read on:
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Okay. #85 & 86 here. If you type his name into the search engine, you’ll get an archived listing of gossip about him. Select page 9 to jump to stories from 2006, and scroll down to the bottom of the page. I’m not trying to be rude with anyone here. Just making a point that gossips can have their attitudes, but their views and comments usually aren’t any more valid than anyone else’s.
@ curious, I think it’s easier for some people to lump all negative or critical posts about Bloom to one group of people or select individuals than it is to acknowledge that many people have come to see him differently from the way they did years ago. I see it as some people feeling threatened by Bloom’s lack of work for the past couple of years, lackluster reviews from the press and critics about his performances, and certain things about him that are becoming more apparent than they were previously. It just means he’s human, and his image doesn’t match his reality. Some people can accept that and deal with it, along with the leveling out of his career, and some it seems can’t. The labeling of posters, using terms such as “jealous” and “haters” basically eliminates any possibility of having an intelligent discussion or debate. Some people get defensive and/or have strong emotions when it comes to Bloom and his career. It’s all or nothing with some of them.
Opinions are opinions. Lainey can have hers. Bloom’s fans and supporters, etc, on various boars are entitled to theirs. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter.
Obviously I’m not going to check every negative remark made about him and analyze it, as all celebrities have many people who don’t like them and each person says different things, but I think that spreading STD rumours about a celebrity -or any other person- is being lower than the poo of a rat. Even if they weren’t rumours but the truth it is extremely vile to say that and I don’t respect anyone who does that any more than I respect the poo of a rat.
I was talking particularly about Lainey, and her story with Orlando has not only been laughed at by his fans but by more people who aren’t his fans, just to let you know how obvious she was.
Come on people. He’s an actor; it is just his JOB which happens to make lots of money and fame. Do you really care if he has an STD? It’s not like WE’re going to get remotely close to finding out anyway. I think he is a good actor who is trying to take challenging rolls. He is labeled a heart throb and that limits people’s opinion. I read he took time off from acting to “find himself”(my words not his). That is why he hasn’t been in movies recently. He CAN take a lead roll like Kingdom of Heaven and Elizabethtown which were very under rated. Again, it is hard to see a young, good looking heart throb who is on your daughter’s wall succeed at anything serious. KOH was right after 9/11 and no one wanted to see sympathy or emphathy for Islamic people. Look how many web sites Orlando Bloom has……he has to be doing something right besides being good looking.
And I must admit he isn’t hard to look at. : )
Finally..! We get to see Orlando in a new movie….I can’t wait.
He looks hot and sexy but I think he should lose that awful wig and use his own natural hair instead.
Orlando will do a great job with this role. It’s awesome to see him working again. :) I like Franko as an actor. I think he would have done a good job as well…Buyt I’m a big Orlando fan…so I’m really happy for Orlando !!!! Love him! <3
Orli is So Damn Hot!
@tom:
All the people who are saying “hes such a horrible actor” why don’t you just go stuff your selves no one wants your input if you’re gonna be annoying and mean.
btw Orlando Bloom is
1) a great actor
2) incredibly hot
3) way cooler then you’ll ever be =]
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