Welcome! This blog is about Legolas the Perfect Elf! And I'm Mandy!Before I forget let me tell you that it is wrong to say Legolas Greenleaf because the source language that the name LEGOLAS comes from, is not English. So it's useful to know that Legolas means Greenleaf in the source language. You'd better also know that in the movies of Lord Of The Rings people say for example Dewin son of Sarzas ( sample names lol). So it means that they do not use surnames. Now you'd better know who is behind this amazing character; that's right it's the perfect Orlando Bloom!Here are some facts about Orlando:His birth date is January 13, 1977, making him 29 years old.
His full name is Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom.
His nicknames are Orli and OB.
He has brown hair and brown eyes.
He's around 5'11" (180 cm)
He's not married.
He's allergic to peanut butter.
While filming Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, he got into sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Now he enjoys "just taking time to walk whether it be on location somewhere or on a beach." "most of the time I just chill with my friends and have a mellow time" He also enjoys photography, shopping and buying old antiques, and he "can't stand computers".
He says he's accident prone, and has the injury list to prove it. He's broken his back, his ribs, his nose, both his legs, his arm, his wrist, a finger and a toe, and cracked his skull three times!
A year before doing the Lord of the Rings, he fell 3 stories off a friend's porch while trying to open a jammed door and broke his back. He was almost confined to a wheelchair, but luckily the doctors were able to patch him up.
His sister Samantha is 2 years older than him.
He has a dog named Sidi.
His adoptive father, Harry Bloom, died when Orlando was 4 and was a legendary figure in antiapartheid circles in South Africa. Harry also wrote a famous tome called Episode In The Transvaal, was jailed for his beliefs, and worked alongside Nelson Mandela. Orlando and his sister were raised by their mother, Sonia, and a guardian, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, his mother told him that Harry was not his biological father, that Colin was.
Has a tattoo of 'nine' in Elvish on his right forearm, and a 'sun' on his torso that he got when he was 15.
He can speak French.
He has 3 A levels, two at grade A (one was art and sculpture - he is particularly good at sculpture and pottery and art), one at A level for Photography, and one at Grade C which was Religious Studies. He also has 8 'O' levels and has a BA (Hons) Drama degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama - so he is Orlando Bloom BA (Hons).
As a kid, he was dyslexic, and now he says he is "mildly dyslexic".
He says he's currently into "all sorts of music, mostly the Ben Harper, the David Gray, and the Bob Dylan type of folk music."
For LOTR, he had to learn archery, how to ride a horse bareback (while shooting an arrow), and how to fight and wield two swords. "I started off with archery, I rode about 20 different horses, I had physical training in the gym, and I had to learn the Elvish ways of speaking and fighting. Their fighting is based on ancient European and Asian martial arts, so I had a trainer who taught me how to use the blades. I also did a lot of movement training, because movement is my way into the character." - SFX Magazine
He originally auditioned for Lord of the Rings in the part of Faramir, Boromir's brother, who wouldn't be introduced until The Two Towers. But Peter thought he would be perfect for Legolas instead. Orlando learned that he got the part the day before he graduated from Guildhall.
He wears a replica of the One ring that says "To wherever it may lead." It was given to him by one of the make-up artists on LOTR
Well I think that's all for now! Hope you enjoyed!
