Orlando Bloom: Sympathy for Delicious!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And the bitter hags from Delphi just keep a comin’!

#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.

Go Orlando!

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.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

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.

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.