[Bloom experienced some of his character's emotions while exploring America's heartland.] I've been to big cities of America, but I never really understood what they meant when they said the Heartland of America, ... Making this movie and going to locations like Oklahoma City, Memphis, and standing on a beautiful bridge over a river in Arkansas was like, wow. |
[Orlando Bloom also talked about what it was like working with Crowe.] He's the hero man. Hero of the hour, always wanted to work with Cameron and this for me was a dream opportunity, ... We got to work on something that was a really personal project for Cameron and became a very personal project for me. |
A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though. |
Cameron really uses music as a tool, |
Cameron wanted that Jack Lemmon quality for Drew, ... That kind of crazed, quirky physical comedy and that Billy Wilder style of drama, as well. Obviously, [Crowe is] hugely influenced by Wilder, so it was cool. It was an important part of the DVD collection while we were filming. |
Early on (in my career) I got swept up in this world, you know, Lord of The Rings, and all these great action-adventure movies and I love them, |
Elf Envy...they all had it. |
Elizabethtown |
Elves are cool, man. |
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. |
For once I just wanted to be an average, normal guy, which is really what I am. It's like, very vulnerable. I saw the film and I was so naked. I'm just completely there. It's like there's nothing to hide behind, no mask. |
He went home to Kentucky to deal with the loss of his father and the funeral arrangements and so on, |
He would often play a piece of music just before a take to set the mood. |
He's got the music in his head. There's a rhythm to it all. |
He's kind of that guy who's caught up in success, ... He's the hot shot at work, obsessed with the new car or whatever it may be. |