Orlando Bloom Media - News Archives

June 2007

Video Download: In Celebration Interview
posted by Jas, 06/26/07
The official In Celebration website has been updated with video interview with the cast and more info about the play, download here

Video Download: POTC 3 featurette
posted by Jas, 06/26/07
ASM TV has on the set interview with Orlando, download here

Antarctica: The Global Warning
posted by Jas, 06/22/07
Day Vinson, a representative for the upcoming book, Antarctica: The Global Warning sent me a press release about the book. It contains text and photographs from Sebastian Copeland, a foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev and an introduction by Leonardo DiCaprio. Also included with the book is a bonus DVD: SOS: A Global Warning which features an extensive, behind the scenes dialog between Copeland and co-producer John Quigley. The book will be released in September 2007, watch a video clip from Sebastian Copeland and as we know, Orlando had talked about Antarctica in the May issue of Elle magazine

"Sebastian Copeland's stunning photographs are a stark reminder of what we stand to lose. He has ventured to the bottom of the world and returned with a message that we cannot afford to ignore." — Sting
"Copeland's Antarctica is a powerful blend of stunning images, experts' opinions and crucial facts pointing us toward one conclusion – losing Antarctica to global warming not only means a loss of countless species and tremendous biodiversity, it means a loss of humanity. Heed the call – see this book." — Matt Petersen, President and CEO, Global Green USA
"Sebastian's superb photography transports us on a unique journey to this extraordinary and remote continent. Having personally traveled to the Artic with him, in a Global Green effort to bring awareness to the Inuit people, I have learned first hand that the poles play a pivotal role in the climate balance of our planet. Sebastian's work, personal commitment and passionate expression remind us, in an intimate way, that the ice is as fragile as we are, and that without it, we cannot survive: it is time we listen to the Earth." — Salma Hayek

'My boy thinks he is Orlando's brother'
posted by Jas, 06/18/07
Tim Healy talked about working with Orlando in In Celebration in another interview.

Louis Healy is delighted with his dad's latest acting role. The six-year-old son of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Billy Elliot The Musical star, Tim Healy just happens to be an avid fan of the box-office-smashing Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise. So the prospect of his dad taking to the stage with none other than Pirates good-guy Orlando Bloom is creating much excitement in the Healy household.
"He's loving it," says Tim who today starts his second week of rehearsals for Orlando's West End debut, a revival of David Storey's 1969 stage and screen plaudit-winner, black comedy In Celebration. "When I get home there's me and Louis on the couch with our swords watching Pirates of the Caribbean ," he continues. "He's worked out that because I'm playing Orlando's daddy, Orlando must be Louis's brother, so he's very pleased with that. He was the same with all the Billys when I was doing Billy Elliot - they were all his brothers too."
As he says, Tim plays the father of Orlando and his two brothers who return to the family home in Wakefield to celebrate their parents' 40th wedding anniversary. "My character is a 69-year-old man who is still working down the mine. He was determined that his sons would never have to go down the pit and they've all done very well - going off to University and London and becoming successful.
"They get home for the celebration, but it ends up turning into a bit of a tragic occasion as lots of things start coming out during the meal. It's brilliantly written." Of Orlando, Tim says: "He's a great lad. Very humble, unassuming and totally unaffected by his success in the movies. He's a great actor, too, and I'm really excited to be working with him."
In Celebration opens for previews at the Duke of York Theatre, London on July 5. For tickets, call 0870 060-6623 or visit www.incelebration.co.uk

Video Download: Orlando on Gakkou e Ikou! MAX
posted by Jas, 06/14/07
Suzan00 has captured Orlando's appearance on Japanese TV show called Gakkou e Ikou! MAX, four talented kids performed for Orlando, download here or here. Update: Now see Johnny's reaction to the same performance, here and here too funny!

'He's just one of the lads'
posted by Jas, 06/14/07
Tim Healy will play Orlando's father in In Celebration, he talks about his character in the play and Orlando

AUF Wiedersehen Pet star Tim Healy is pretty pleased with his latest West End role. Not least because, rather flatteringly, he's been asked to play the father of one of the world's hunkiest men. For Tim will star alongside Hollywood heart-throb Orlando Bloom in the revival of the David Storey play In Celebration. The production is already causing a stir, as it will be Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando's first time treading the boards and tickets are flying out to fans desperate to get up close and personal to the star.
Cheshire-based Tim, who won rave reviews in the award-winning West End production of Billy Elliot, started rehearsals this week alongside Orlando and tells me he can't wait for the play to start. He laughs: "The thing is we're not going to be able to get in the stage door with all Orlando's female fans. "But while I might be playing his dad, I doubt if any of the girls will be waiting outside for me." Tim says that, despite his movie star status, Orlando is mucking in with the rest of the cast - which includes Lynda Barron, Dearbhla Molloy and Paul Hilton.
"To many he's a heart- throb, but to all of us, he's just one of the lads," he says. The play is set in a mining community in Wakefield, Yorkshire, with Tim starring as the head of the Shaw family. Tim says: "My character is still going down the pit at the age of 64. "He has three sons and has made sure they've been well educated, sending them to grammar school, and they all do well for themselves. "The play sees the boys come back for their parents' wedding anniversary, and basically all hell breaks loose. "It becomes a tragic sort of comedy."
Tim's family - actress wife Denise Welch and their children, Matthew and Louie - are set to head to the Duke of York theatre in London when the play debuts there next month. And Tim will star in the run of the play until September 15.

In Celebration post show Q&A
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
What's On Stage is offering free tickets to In Celebration play and access to post show Q&A session with the cast

The Offer:
Screen star Orlando Bloom makes his stage debut in this much-anticipated revival of David Storey's modern classic IN CELEBRATION, which runs for ten weeks only at the West End's Duke of York's theatre. It's sure to be one of the summer's hottest tickets! Come with us on 26 July 2007 & get a top-price ticket, a FREE programme & our EXCLUSIVE post-show Q&A - all for just Ł30!! Club members save Ł1 per ticket if you book before 22 June!
The Show:
David Storey's modern classic took audiences by storm at the Royal Court in the 1960s and established him as one of the country's most powerful playwrights. Compelling and emotionally thrilling, IN CELEBRATION is an exploration of family love and of how the consequences of best intentions can threaten to destroy treasured hopes and dreams. Three brothers return home to the Northern roots of their childhood for a family reunion. Although they have returned to celebrate, the explosive complexities of family life and long-held grievances are unlikely to improve the chances of a decent party…
Orlando Bloom makes his professional stage debut playing brother Steven. After two seasons with the National Youth Theatre, Bloom trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since graduating, however, he has worked exclusively on screen, starring in some of the top-grossing films of all time including The Lord of the Rings and The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogies.
In Anna Mackmin's new production of IN CELEBRATION, Bloom is joined by a top-notch cast including Paul Hilton (The Wild Duck, Mourning Becomes Electra, Three Sisters) and Gareth Farr (How Many Miles to Basra, Harvest) as his brothers Andrew and Colin, as well as Lynda Baron, Tim Healy, Ciaran McIntyre and Dearbhla Molloy

In Celebration production photos
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Broadway World has posted first production photos from Orlando's upcoming play, In Celebration

Video Download: Orlando on Parkinson
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Jupiter has captured Orlando's appearance on Parkinson on Saturday, download here

Video: AWE Press Junket - Hollywood.com
posted by Jas, 05/31/07
A quick update before I leave, Hollywood.com has a junket interview with the cast, will have it up for download when I get back. Update: Download here

Video Download: AWE Press Junket - Tribute
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Tribute.ca has posted a junket interview with Orlando, download here

Video Download: AWE Press Junket - Film Factory
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Film Factory has posted a junket interview (under Podcasts) with Orlando, download here (.mov, right click and save)

Video Download: AWE Press Junket - Daily Ten
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
HeySailor has captured a junket interview with Orlando on E! Daily 10, download here

Orlando Bloom thrilled with play role
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Orlando appeared on Parkinson on Saturday to promote In Celebration

Orlando Bloom has revealed that he was thrilled to be offered a part in a play after finishing work on the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The actor has agreed to play Steven in David Storey's In Celebration, which will open at the Duke of York's Theatre in London next month.
"I have been kind of desperate to do a play for the longest time and this opportunity came up when I met this director, Anna Mackmin, who I'm now working with on a play called In Celebration - a play by David Storey," Bloom told Parkinson. "I was just hungering for an opportunity to be part of an ensemble cast in a great play. It's a phenomenal play."
Asked how he is coping with the Yorkshire accent required for the role, Orlando replied: "I tell you what my dialect coach, Jill, said 'Whatever you do, don't do your accent - save it for the audience [paying] when they come in!' I'm working on it though!"