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Orlando Bloom 'tries to forget' he ever starred in one of his most iconic movies

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Updated 20:48 26 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 11:13 10 May 2024 GMT+1

Orlando Bloom 'tries to forget' he ever starred in one of his most iconic movies

Orlando Bloom has explained why he 'blanked that movie' out his brain

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

No matter how successful they may be, most actors have one movie that - they believe - is not their greatest performance.

Orlando Bloom is the latest Hollywood star to reveal the film he 'tries to forget' about.

Of course, the 47-year-old has featured in a whole load of iconic movies that are still loved to this day.

The ones that come to mind when you think of Bloom are the likes of Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings - two hugely successful franchises.

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But the 2004 flick, Troy, is a different story despite it being part of the actor's resume.

With Bloom starring as Trojan prince Paris, Troy portrays the battle between the ancient kingdoms of Troy and Sparta.

Loosely based on Homer’s 'Iliad', the historical war film features a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Peter O’Toole, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson and more.

Orlando Bloom 'tries to forget' about Troy. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)
Orlando Bloom 'tries to forget' about Troy. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

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Despite the exceptional cast, Bloom is in no rush to remember the close to 20-year-old movie.

Speaking on Variety's 'Know Their Lines' series, Bloom blanked on one of the lines said by his Troy character.

"Oh my God, Troy. Wow. I think I just blanked that movie out of my brain by the way,” he said.

"So many people love that movie, but for me playing that character was just like [slits throat]. Am I allowed to say all of these things? I didn’t want to do the movie. I didn’t want to play this character."

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He added: "The movie was great. It was Brad [Pitt]. It was Eric [Bana] and Peter O’Toole.

"But how am I going to play this character? It was completely against everything I felt in my being.

"At one point it says Paris crawls along the floor having been beaten by somebody and holds his brother’s leg.

"I was like, ‘I’m not going to be able to do this.’

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Bloom in Troy. (Warner Bros.)
Bloom in Troy. (Warner Bros.)

"One of my agents at the time said, ‘But that’s the moment that will make it!’ And I completely fell for that line of an agent. I think that’s why I blanked that from my mind."

Troy currently sits at a 53 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

When the film released in summer 2004, it grossed nearly $500 million at the worldwide box office.

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Troy certainly arrived at the height of Bloom' career, as he had just come off the back off Lord of the Rings while the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie had also been released.

Featured Image Credit: NBC/Contributor/Warner Bros.

Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Orlando Bloom

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

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