Orlando Bloom Tapped Into Buddhist Meditation During Grueling ‘To the Edge’ Docuseries
13.06.2024 - 20:31
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Todd Gilchrist editor Thrill-seeking is nothing new for Orlando Bloom, who has cracked his skull three times and broken
bones in his back, ribs and all four limbs. Most of those injuries were sustained between action-packed projects such as “Black Hawk Down,” “Kingdom of Heaven” and three blockbuster film series, “The Lord of the Rings,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Hobbit.” Yet, even after an extended period of inactivity forced upon him by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloom admits to feeling some trepidation about starring in the Peacock reality series “Orlando Bloom: To the Edge,” where, via three intense challenges, he would quite literally
defy death.
“I had had this idea that if and when we get out of this lockdown situation, what would I do?” says
Bloom. “And what was presented to me was, ‘Hey, we could do this: We’ll throw you out of a plane.
We’ll see how deep you can swim.
And how about you climb this insane pinnacle in Moab?’” More specifically, Bloom would jump from a plane at 13,000 feet in a wingsuit; develop enough breath control to dive 100 feet beneath the surface of the ocean; and train to climb a 400-foot Utah pinnacle. And rather than enjoying months of preparation and hundreds of practice runs, he would try to accomplish each in a matter of a few weeks.
But beyond capitulating to the daredevil instinct
that took hold of him as “an impressionable youth,” Bloom says that being shepherded by authorities
in each discipline alleviated any concerns he may initially have felt about pulling them off. “Having experienced really physical pain, I’m not afraid of it — although I don’t want to die,” he
clarifies.
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