Bloom answers call to arms for Warners' 'Troy'
APG keeps 'Secret'
Nov 13, 2002
"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy star Orlando Bloom is in negotiations to join Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures' "Troy" for director Wolfgang Petersen.
The British-born Bloom has been on a roll lately, having recently completed roles in the Working Title feature "The Kelly Gang" and Universal Pictures/Working Title's "The Calcium Kid." He is in production on the Walt Disney Co. feature "The Pirates of the Caribbean" for producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The big-budget "Troy," based on "The Iliad," Homer's epic account of the Trojan War, is set to begin shooting in the spring in the United Kingdom, Malta and Morocco, with an eye toward a 2004 release.
David Benioff wrote the script to the adventure, which will see Bana star as Hector to Pitt's Achilles. Hector is the prince of Troy, who leads the Trojan army in holding off the entire Greek armada. It is Hector's brother, Paris (Bloom), who steals the beautiful Helen away from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and prompts the war between Greece and Troy. No other roles have been cast.
Petersen also is producing the project.
Bloom, repped by ICM, ICM London and the Firm, next appears in New Line's second installment of the "Rings" franchise, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," which opens next month.
The British-born Bloom has been on a roll lately, having recently completed roles in the Working Title feature "The Kelly Gang" and Universal Pictures/Working Title's "The Calcium Kid." He is in production on the Walt Disney Co. feature "The Pirates of the Caribbean" for producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The big-budget "Troy," based on "The Iliad," Homer's epic account of the Trojan War, is set to begin shooting in the spring in the United Kingdom, Malta and Morocco, with an eye toward a 2004 release.
David Benioff wrote the script to the adventure, which will see Bana star as Hector to Pitt's Achilles. Hector is the prince of Troy, who leads the Trojan army in holding off the entire Greek armada. It is Hector's brother, Paris (Bloom), who steals the beautiful Helen away from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and prompts the war between Greece and Troy. No other roles have been cast.
Petersen also is producing the project.
Bloom, repped by ICM, ICM London and the Firm, next appears in New Line's second installment of the "Rings" franchise, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," which opens next month.
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