PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
AT WORLD'S END
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Orlando Bloom plays Will Turner in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3: AT WORLD’S END

What was it like when Keith Richard finally did his Pirates cameo?

I actually made a point of not going to the set and I am kicking myself for it now. I thought he was going to be so hounded, even though he is a rock god. I thought…’Let him get on with it’.  So I did not bother him.

Have you been approached about part four of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN?

I don’t know whether they will go on to part four. This is the end of another trilogy. I would never say never, because it has been so much fun. But it might take on in some other projects.

What part of the film making process do you find appealing?

I never thought I would be doing as much action as I have been. I love the inter-action between two characters.

Belated congratulations on your 30th birthday, how did you celebrate?

I actually had all my friends. Because we were shooting PIRATES in Hawaii, we were in Hawaii. And then we came back to Los Angeles to finish some of it. Sp we had a bit of a bash in Hawaii and a bit of a bash in LA, so it was really nice. Very spoilt.

Did it feel like a landmark birthday?

I have to tell you that it felt very good to reach 30 and it felt good to have lived this far. I thought I would never make it to 30. It feels different. It feels less...urgent. It is now time for reflection and how much living do I want to do. As much as working has been my life, there is a shift on priorities. It is the first time in eight years I have not got a job, which I am immediately going into. And that in itself has given me a moment to take a breath and look around. So I went to Antarctica for a few weeks and that was an incredible experience. And I am about to go off to Indonesia with Unicef and then I’m going to be finishing building my house. And then…what was that inspired me before I went to drama school? It was movies for sure but then drama school really got theatre into my blood, so is there a play that I can really get off the ground? Then what’s the right play and when’s the right time and how can I make it an organic experience? I don’t just want to be thrust out to the West End and feel like my balls are left hanging. But, at the same time, it would be great to do a play in the West End if I could be part of a company or an organic experience. It is hard to say. Mind you, I did see Equus and I thought he (Daniel Radcliffe) did a great job. It was really ballsy – pardon the pun – really a brave choice. I could see why he did it. I thought it was a great job and it made me think…yeah.

Why did you decide to go to Antarctica?

I did it for myself, really. I wanted to check out that environment. I had been part of a environment company called Global Green for about four or five years, since my cousin got involved. He was going down taking photographs for a book he is doing called Antarctica: Global Warming. I wanted to see what was at stake. It is easy to sit here and see how the weather patterns are affecting it, but I wanted to see for myself. I spent three weeks on a 1950’s Norwegian icebreaker. I slept in a room the size of a bus shelter and was on the top bunk. I shared a toilet and bathroom with 27 other dudes and did the washing up. It was like the most surreal real experience I have had in a long time. There were no privileges. The privilege was being in that position at that time. I went scuba diving and climbed up a mountain. The water was freezing, but I had a swim for the hell of it. It was crazy. Part of it was time and space. I was there just for three weeks.

And what about the forthcoming trip to Indonesia?

A: I am going with Unicef.  They approached me recently about working with them as an international ambassador.  The environment is ...out there...and something that needs addressing.  There are kids without families.  I am yet to go and find out what is happening.
So this is a really interesting time away from filmmaking?

I am loving not working and taking my time to contemplate and think what it is I want to do. What inspired me to go to drama school in the first place.

You have been in these enormous swashbuckling films and had action figures made of you. So is that why you are looking for something more intimate?

No I want to do another trilogy! (Jokes deadpan) I want to make it a hat trick! And if there isn’t a sword or at least a bow and arrow then forget about it. Honestly, the movies that I have really loved in the last couple of years would be say, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, HOTEL RWANDA, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and BLOOD DIAMOND – movies that are socially relevant. Movies that are human stories that shed a light on part of the world that when we are cocooned in our everyday world of getting through life and paying the bills and living we sometimes don’t have the opportunity or time to look outside of it. And those are great movies that I would love to be a part of.

The house you are building, is it in London?

The house here in England. It has taken a year to build. I am trying to make it a ‘green’ house and a place which feels safe and comfortable and out of the way. It has been a great creative process. I have picked a great young Italian architect who has worked with Norman Foster. She was great and young and it feels like we have had a real collaboration.

What is your favourite room?

My bedroom or my bathroom.

So do you have a bath you can swim in?

Not like that, but I have been spoilt. If you walk in to the bathroom of this hotel that we are in right now you get ideas and think: I wonder if I could create some of that in my house? There is something great about building a home. I was trying to buy somewhere in London and I could not afford it. Forget about it, it is not the actors making the money it is the boys in the city.

What about the hassles in having a house built?

Building a house has been so stressful. It has been double the time, double the budget. But I did make changes and it has taken longer than it needed to.

What do you mean by it being a ‘green’ house. Does it use solar energy?

It is powered by photocell takes solar panels, a new technology for solar panels. I will be using energy efficient light bulbs and tried to think about recycling and using old materials. As much as I can.

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