Orlando Bloom: To the Edge: Rock Climb: The Physical Edge
02:40 am - 04:00 am, Sunday, May 3 on U&Dave (19)
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Rock Climb: The Physical Edge
Season 1, Episode 3
The actor heads to Moab to train with an adaptive rock climber and push himself over the edge in order to climb a seemingly impossible 400-foot-high pinnacle
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Orlando Bloom
(Actor)
Born:
January 13, 1977
in
Canterbury
Best Known For:
A string of Hollywood movies.
Early-life:
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury. He has a sister, Samantha. At a young age, he was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes. In 1993, he moved to London to study a course in drama, photography and sculpture at Fine Arts College, Hampstead. He then spent two seasons at the National Youth Theatre, where he earned a scholarship to train at the British American Dance Academy. He made his professional acting debut on Casualty.
Career:
In 1999, two days after graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he landed the role of Legolas in Peter Jackson's hugely successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Bloom's other film credits include Black Hawk Dawn (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), The Calcium Kid (2004), Troy (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), The Three Musketeers (2011), Zulu (2013) and Romeo and Juliet (2014). He reprised the role of Legolas in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (2014).
Quote:
'Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.'
Trivia:
He learned to surf during the filming of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in New Zealand.
Camila Jaber
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