"He was a Hollywood A-lister without the A-lister's arrogance. he was impossibly famous, yet possessed the humility of a man who understands that fame can leave as quickly as it arrives. He knew that if he played his cards right, he would soon be rich beyond the dreams of avarice; but money was never the reason why he got into the game in the first place. Orlando Bloom was just doing what he loved."
'Orlando Bloom - Wherever It May Lead' by Robert Steele.
Notable quotes about Orlando from the Robert Steele biography:
在Robert Steele写的传记中值得注意的关于Orlando的引用的评论:
"One of the finest young performers we've ever had in our companies, in all of the fifteen years I've been in post" - Ed Wilson, Artistic Director, National Youth Theatre.
"We decided Elves should be slender and elegant and have high cheekbones. We tried to cast the most perfect human beings we could find, like Cate Blanchett and Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom" - Peter Jackson.
精灵、士兵、拳击手、海盗...至少我们可以说Orlando Bloom像多元化的组合。在Kingdom of Heaven中,他饰演一个十字军骑士。这是对这部肯定会激起另一场论战火花的巨制拍摄地的一次回归。
一个古老的梦想
剧本原本的标题是《十字军》,这个拍摄一部关于古老的十字军的计划已经在很多电影公司的办公桌上躺了很长时间了。20年前,一个将由阿诺德史瓦辛格主演的电影设想在好莱坞传播。但是,这是常有的事,剧本最终放在柜子中落满尘土...直到Ridley Scott,一个已经梦想制作一部这样的电影很多年的人,决定时机到了。他发起了这个计划,调整了剧本,并且对所有人宣布他在《角斗士》和《黑鹰坠落》后的下一部电影会是“Kingdom Of Heaven”。在他最初的采访中,他完全确定他不会把主角给一个明星。但是巨额的投资(1亿3千万美元)推动制作者签约一个重要的电影明星。他们希望布拉德皮特或者汤姆克鲁斯出现在海报上。但是坚持他最初设想的Ridley Scott,决定为年轻演员举行一些面试。Orlando bloom也参加了,并且在镜头前试穿戏服和紧接着的长达12小时的马拉松式面试后,最终获得了这个角色。Ridley Scott最终被说服,将Balian of Ibelin这个角色交给了Orlando。
Balian是一个普通的铁匠,他对十字军东征并不感兴趣。但是在他的家人在一次对他所在的村庄的袭击中被杀死后,为了参与在圣地的战争他成为了一个骑士。然而,当他到达耶路撒冷后,他改变了阵营,并且发现欧洲士兵残暴的行为。他与王妃Sibylla坠入爱河,?and decides to defend the city against the crusaders thus helps the sultan Saladin (the greatest Muslim hero) to recapture Jerusalem, occupied for 88 years.
公众将可以在这部电影在美国公映的2005年5月鉴定他的表演。但是看起来“Kingdom of Heaven”引起的争论火花将在那时候稍微平静下来。Orlando希望这场论战不会占到像《耶稣受难记》那样大的比率。“这只是一部电影,他说,并且我也希望公众将像那样观看它,尽管Ridley Scott的观点会让他们思考。
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117911507?categoryid=14&cs=1
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000654141
大意就是20世纪福克斯公司要将每年发行的电影提高到20到25部,而且寻找其他投资人以降低风险。这其中以KOH,说1亿3前5百万美元的投资(汗~~有涨了5百万~~)中有4千5百万美元的是外部的投资,因此他们不必冒全部的财政风险。
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Calcium Kid DVD in Latin America
posted by Jas, 10/05/04
Claudia reports that the Calcium Kid DVD is now available in Latin America through DVD Movies Argentina