15 Reasons Why Orlando Bloom Never Became A Huge Star
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For years, Orlando Bloom was one of the hottest actors in the entertainment industry. He rose to fame, thanks to his role in The Lord of The Rings trilogy and, of course, his personal life and antics off-screen. I mean, what woman didn’t want to date Orlando Bloom during his prime, right? He was a great catch when he started dating the Australian supermodel, Miranda Kerr, who he eventually married. He has also been linked to some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Selena Gomez and Katy Perry.
Still, everyone seems to be asking the same question: what in the world happened to Orlando Bloom? Why is he not starring and headlining in movies like he used to? It almost seemed as though his career crash and burned at a very early stage. And now, fans want to know what triggered this or why Hollywood stopped casting him in movies.
With that being said, we’ve got 15 possibilities as to why Orlando Bloom isn’t the hot actor that he should be. Of course, anything can still happen and he might end up getting that career boost he desperately needs.
Did He Bloom Too Early?
A lot people on the internet are asking the same question: what happened to Orlando Bloom? Did he just bloom too early? After all, he used to be an actor who starred in a movie about Hobbits and pirates in the Caribbean and went on to marry a supermodel.
A lot of people thought he would be the next Johnny Depp. But clearly, that didn’t happen. Instead, he ended up filming one flop after another, along with a bunch of B-list films.
As you can imagine though, people have their opinions. According to the website, Neogaf.com, some people have said, “He starred in two mega trilogies before people realized he couldn't act, dude had a great run,” along with, “He got some lucky breaks because he's pretty and now that the industry knows he can't act he hasn't been able to get any more decent roles. Happens to a lot of actors/actresses.” Do you guys agree?
His Scuffle With Justin Bieber
You’d think that a person of Orlando Bloom’s caliber wouldn’t get into petty, “he said, she said” fights with someone like Justin Bieber. Sadly, that’s exactly what happened. After one too many words were said, Orlando Bloom took a swing Justin Bieber in front of a bunch of nightclub goers at a nightclub in Ibiza. And let’s just say that it didn’t end very well for both of them.
Here’s what Britain’s, The Mirror, has to say about it: “The brawl was over rumors the young singer made comments about his ex-wife, Miranda, claiming he had been intimate with her. In video footage obtained by TMZ, the actor took a swing at the pop brat, but appeared to miss, as security stepped in.”
He Had Just One Job…
After Orlando Bloom’s little scuffle with Justin Bieber at an Ibiza nightclub, the internet roasted the Hollywood actor. Why? Because according to critics and naysayers, he had “just one job.” Yes, just one job and he couldn’t do it. Orlando took a swing at Justin Bieber and totally missed and now, the entertainment world is having a hard time forgiving him for it.
It sounded like something you would go down in a middle school parking lot and not a Hollywood hot spot.
A model named Anastasia Skolkova witnessed the entire dramatic moment go down. She told The Mirror, “Bieber got angry. Orlando got very, very angry. When Bieber walked maybe 10 meters away, Orlando maybe had half a minute to think about what he was going to do. He got up and started running. Then he jumped over the sofa.”
His Japanese Commercials
Unfortunately, the biggest role Orlando Bloom has had in recent years is in the form of Japanese commercials. He’s been promoting a line of hair care products called Uno in Japan. And as artistic as the commercials may seem (some have even called them mini-movies they would like to see), this is not what you want to be doing, especially if you are still young enough to film blockbuster movies. But, then again, if Hollywood is not exactly calling you…
As Celeb*tchy once put it, “The Lord of the Rings fangirl in me doesn’t care if he makes Japanese hair-care product commercials for the rest of his life, as long as he dons the tights and bow again as Legolas in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Rings prequels.” I’m sure a lot of fans can agree, right?
He Got Dumped By Miranda Kerr
A lot of people like to think that Miranda Kerr is one supermodel who knows what she’s doing, who she wants to be with, and where she wants to go in life. Now, this is not confirmed, but a lot of critics believe that Orlando and Miranda’s marriage went down the drain the moment the actor’s career started to fail.
Apparently, Miranda just didn’t see the point of marrying an actor who was falling to the D-list, which is why she decided to date Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel.
Now, a lot of people thought that seeing Miranda with Evan Spiegel makes sense, right? After all, she loves being in the public eye and being on a platform like Snapchat helped. Yet, that’s not the case anymore. Here’s what E! Online reports, “Asked whether Spiegel will be allowed to document her labor and delivery on Snapchat, she said, ‘No. My husband’s a very private man.’” Things that make you go hmmm… right?
Miranda’s Personal Issues
The last thing you want the world to know about is that your ex-wife was depressed, lonely, and totally out of it following your divorce with her. And for your ex to describe every little detail in a magazine interview sure doesn’t make you look good, either, right? Well, unfortunately for Orlando Bloom, that’s what happened after Miranda Kerr told the world that she had a “really bad depression” following her split from the actor.
Miranda told Elle Magazine in an interview back in 2016, “When Orlando and I separated [in 2013], I actually fell into a really bad depression. I never understood the depth of that feeling or the reality of that because I was naturally a very happy person. Every thought you have affects your reality and only you have control of your mind.”
Those Selena Gomez Photos
A lot of people were surprised, in both a good and startled way, when Orlando Bloom was photographed with Selena Gomez. After all, they are two very good looking people. They made a beautiful celebrity couple at the time. But, it was pretty obvious that they weren’t meant to be. Selena just got out of a messy relationship with Justin Bieber. Orlando was still dealing with the aftermath of his separation from Miranda Kerr. Simply put, they were moving too fast and too soon.
According to Brainy Quotes, he did have this bizarre thing to say about his relationships: “I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.”
He Also Got A Jab From Katy Perry
I’m sure a lot of people thought there would never come a day that there would be people actually burning Orlando Bloom with their media responses about him so publicly, right? Well, we are living in that era, people. As we’ve mentioned, Orlando Bloom was once the most promising man in Hollywood. Now, he’s someone that a lot of women wouldn’t want to touch with a ten-foot stick. One of those people is Katy Perry.
When asked about her relationship status with Orlando Bloom, she danced around the question. “Well, you know, I think people are in and out of your life,” she told The Morning Mashup, a SiriusXM Hits 1 program, according to People magazine.
“It’s nice to keep people you love around you. When you get older, lines get blurred. And you know what, I’m really busy. I’m about to go on tour for another year.”
But That’s Not The Only Thing Katy Said
Obviously, we don’t know what happened between Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom. I mean, they did seem like a perfect Hollywood match made in heaven, right? They are both successful and both undoubtedly beautiful people. But something must have happened for Katy to pull the plug on their relationship, and she seems very eager to talk about it with the press, but without sharing too many details. Orlando must have done something to irk her or rub her the wrong way.
Katy told People magazine, “I’ve been in that cycle before in a relationship and it had kind of reignited the relationship, and there’s only so many times you can reignite the relationship or want to or should and sometimes you just need to write it and never send it. It’s just that exercise — that cathartic exercise.”
He Was Linked With Nina Dobrev
Seriously, is there a hot brunette that Orlando Bloom hasn't dated in the entertainment industry? It almost seems as though he’s been linked to just about everyone in both the television and movie world. Back in 2017, Orlando supposedly dated the television actress, Nina Dobrev.
A lot of media outlets reported on their romance, but there was no photographic evidence to back the claims up.
“They’ve known each other for a while. Recently they’ve been hanging out as more than friends. It’s super casual,” one source told People magazine at the time. “However, Orlando Bloom was spotted attending a Coachella party on Friday with a woman who was not Nina Dobrev.” Clearly, Orlando is the kind of guy who simply can’t make up his mind, right? Either way, the relationship fizzled out pretty fast.
Difficult Career Decisions
Some critics believe that Orlando Bloom might have boxed himself into playing certain roles a little too early on in his career. Instead of showing the world that he’s a versatile actor that can play an array of different roles, he decided to stick to the ones that he knows how to play best in big-budget films like The Lord of The Rings or The Pirates of the Caribbean.
A lot of critics have pointed out that this has been Orlando’s biggest mistake. He’s also always the supporting actor and never in the lead role.
Brainy Quotes has Orlando as once saying, “I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.”
He’s Aware Of His Limitations
Others believe that Orlando Bloom might be to blame for his own limitations. And it looks like Orlando is aware of those limitations to a certain point, too. It’s as if he didn’t have enough self-confidence or drive to be the leading actor in his movies. He let someone else do the hard work and only followed along as the “pretty face” to the side.
According to Brainy Quotes, Orlando said in the past, “As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're in. You have no control over the finished product, what people will think of it, so all you have is the experience of making it, and you have to stay focused on that.”
Did He Just Play The Wrong Characters?
A lot of people say that Orlando Bloom’s failing career just boils down to a lot of bad luck, plain and simple. He didn’t choose the wrong roles, the wrong roles just chose him. That happened to be the case when he played Paris in 2004’s movie, Troy.
The Huffington Post wrote back in 2009, “I cannot count the number of reviews that criticized Bloom not specifically for his acting, but for his portrayal of Paris as a spineless, selfish, cowardly idiot, a boy who started an epic war because he couldn’t keep his pecker in his pants. But guess what people? THAT’s the character of Paris. Rather than try to make Paris into a more heroic and sympathetic character, Bloom played him as exactly the snivelling loser that he was.” While the character was compelling, it perhaps did not paint him in the best light.
He Has Self-Doubt
When you are in the public eye, the last thing you should do is say anything negative about your acting ability. I mean, that’s what the critics are for, right? Yet, that’s what Orlando Bloom has done one too many times. It’s as if he has a lot of self-doubt about his skills and wants to say it before anyone else says it for him. Weird, right?
According to Brainy Quotes, Orlando went on the record to say, “The truth is— I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?”
He’s Too Thirsty
The worst thing you can do as a celebrity is to appear to be thirsty in public. But apparently, Orlando Bloom’s thirst is real. Back in 2016, he was photographed by the paparazzi paddle boarding in a compromising state with his girlfriend, Katy Perry, at a beach in Italy. He even gave his ex-wife, Miranda Kerr, a heads up about the paddle board photos. Since the couple still co-parents their son, Flynn, together, Orlando thought it would be a good idea to let Miranda know about the embarrassing photos. And apparently, even Miranda wasn’t convinced that it wasn’t a setup.
According to E! Online, Miranda explained, “Oh my God, he texts me and was like ‘Um, I’m really embarrassed, some photos are coming out, just thought I should let you know.’ And I was like, hmmm… right, what were you thinking? Seriously?!”
