November 21, 2002
ARENA Magazine
Photographs used by permission of ARENA Magazine
The January issue of ARENA is a Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers
special collector's edition. Featuring three exclusive covers from the
film's coolest stars - Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, and Sir Ian McKellan.
In the exclusive magazine feature in Arena, Bloom discusses his adventurous
time on and off the set during the trilogy's filming in New Zealand:
"I'm not constantly throwing myself out of aeroplanes......but I
like to snowboard and I've always been into motorbikes. I guess I'm a bit
of an adrenalin junky and New Zealand is the place where they invented
the bungee - I love that shit."
"There was a memo that was sent around during the filming saying,
'We're going down to Queenstown, it's the adventure capital of New Zealand,
so please don't do anything stupid' and I sort of ignored it. Within two
hours I had thrown myself off the first bungee jump in the town."
Bloom further describes his career as 'amazing' since filming Lord
of the Rings:
"You know, when I look at my career so far, on paper, it's amazing.
I've got all these skills - horse riding, archery, sword fighting and to
get the opportunity to play an elf, a soldier, an outlaw, a boxer and now
a pirate - it's every boy's dream. Unbelievable."
THE JANUARY ISSUE OF ARENA – ON SALE NOVEMBER 29TH (UK)
CREDITS
Feature: Arena Magazine
Photography Copyright: Arena / Jake Chessum