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Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: Orlando Bloom Looks Back on 'LOTR' · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Orlando Bloom is a household name, of course, but before
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Speaker 2: he started in what still may be the highest profile
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Speaker 2: role as the elf Legaliss in the Lord of the
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Speaker 2: Rings trilogy, he was anything but. In fact, unlike the
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Speaker 2: rest of the league cast, Orlando had no major credits
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Speaker 2: to his name, and he just reflected on how surreal
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Speaker 2: that made the experience, he told an enthusiastic crowd at
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Speaker 2: Awesome Con. As a young actor, I remember sitting there,
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Speaker 2: fresh out of drama school, with all these legends, thinking,
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Speaker 2: what am I doing here? How did this happen? This
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Speaker 2: is unbelievable. It was pure excitement. I was only twenty,
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Speaker 2: not really knowing anything because it was my first movie experience.
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Speaker 2: I was like this open vessel. I just understood my
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Speaker 2: whole life was beginning, and I was also beginning this
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Speaker 2: remarkable journey. I wish I could bottle that feeling and
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Speaker 2: give it up to people. That's Orlando Bloom. I'm starring
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Speaker 2: in Lord of the Rings, which celebrates its twenty fifth
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Speaker 2: anniversary in December of twenty twenty sixth.
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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.