Poll: Is Orlando Bloom a 'Delicious Rocker'?
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There you go -- those pictures above are two shots of Orlando Bloom playing a "tough as nails" rocker in Mark Ruffalo and Chris Thornton's Sympathy for Delicious. (Go to Just Jared to see them in their entirety.)
I'm sorry, but the guy better be biting the heads off of small animals onstage (or something else equally disturbing and heinous) if we're supposed to believe that he's super tough. A rock star? Sure. A rocky, pop sensation? Sure. Tough. As. Nails. Nah. Maybe as tough as one of those plastic drywall anchor things -- definitely not nail strength.
A few tats and eye makeup is a far cry from true rockerdom. I've seen rocker transformations. I used to know a guy who morphed from Internet geek to savage, head-banging rocker. But Orlando? His look needs more work.
Then again, Bloom fans seemed to like the idea the first time around. So, I ask again now that we can steal a glimpse:
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-09-2009 @ 11:47AM
Kurt Munro said...
Looks like one of those guys who goes to GAP to buy the "rock star" look instead of living it themselves to get the look...
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2-09-2009 @ 12:44PM
Mel A said...
When Franco was supposed to be playing this role, nothing was said about the character being "tough as nails". I think the publicity department have got it wrong, because the name of the band as we can see in some of those pix is "Burnt the Diphthongs". Doesn't seem very hard to me. Maybe there's an element of spoof?
NB those plastic drywall anchors are quite tough you know. Nails are actually soft and bendy by comparison.
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2-09-2009 @ 4:47PM
LordPaul said...
Have you ever heard of a little thing called glam rock, heh.
I'm pretty sure all those 1980s girly LA types thought they were hard as nails but looked like they'd raided their mother's wardrobe
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2-10-2009 @ 8:59PM
Mimi said...
I never heard the "tough and nails" description from anyone official. I think it will be great to see him in a different roll. You know you'll go see it just so you can hear him sing(me too). I don't think he'll suck but Mark Ruffalo and the costume department needs to splurge on some new hair.: )
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