Orlando Bloom On Early Fame: I Was ‘Painfully Trying To Live Without Being Looked At The Whole Time’

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Orlando Bloom has some advice for his younger self. Bloom, 44, had his breakthrough as Legolas in “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”.

Bloom was 24 years old at the time of the movie’s premiere and it immediately catapulted him into other major roles in films like “Troy” and “Kingdom of Heaven”.

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And you can’t let it stop you living your life,” the actor told The Big Issue on Monday, noting there was “so much heat and attention” on him at the time. “I got really good at hiding myself because I was really, painfully, trying to live, without being just