Orlando Bloom had already made a splash on the big screen as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and as Will Turner in the first Pirates of the Caribbean Film when, at age 27, he began filming Troy. He had also starred alongside his Troy co-star, Eric Bana, in 2001’s Black Hawk Down. He was believable as the young Trojan Prince, Paris, whose “puppy love” with Helen began the Trojan War.
