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    Orlando Bloom Questions His Ability in Delivering Intense Self-Abuse Moment for 'Retaliation'

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    Taking on the role of Malky in the drama originally titled ‘Romans’, the ‘Carnival Row’ actor pays tribute to writer Geoff Thompson for giving everything to the script.

    Apr 6, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    Orlando Bloom wasn’t sure if he’d be able to act out an intimate scene in “Retaliation”.

    The 44-year-old actor plays Malky in the drama – which was originally titled “Romans” – and he paid tribute to writer Geoff Thompson for giving everything to the script as it made it easier to engage with the role.

    He told HeyUGuys.com, “I knew almost immediately I wanted to play Malky, [instinctively] I could tell I wanted to and I think that was in part to the way the character was described in the script and the way that Geoff was writing him.”

    “And then I got to this really intense moment that I think is something that I’ve never seen before on film, which we see Malky have this moment with himself which is reclaiming the experience he lived through, a sort of self-abuse, self-masturbation moment. And I was like, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before – wait a second, can I do this? What am I taking on?”

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    “It was really just through great conversation with Geoff Thompson, who’s written about his life… The arch of Malky’s character is true to the arch of Jeff’s own story with abuse. He’s written really beautifully, really compassionately and really courageously about his own experience with child abuse.”

    Meanwhile, Bloom also got in touch with the 1 in 6 charity, which refers to the number of men who have been abused.

    He added, “It became very clear to me that not only did I want to step up to the challenge of playing this character, but that actually the story of Malky’s journey which really explores the destroyed nature and the terrible explosive anger and jealousy and feverish dreams and experiences of life that someone who’s unhealed and has experienced abuse like that – this needs to be told.”

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      Orlando Bloom Goes Naked in New Movie to Explore Trauma of Sexual Abuse

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      The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor explains that his nude scenes in upcoming film ‘Retaliation’ are ‘required’ to explore the damage done due to sexual abuse.
      Aug 13, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Orlando Bloom hopes fans can look beyond the nudity in his new movie “Retaliation” and understand the lasting trauma of childhood sexual abuse.
      The 43-year-old actor appears as Malky, an adult victim of childhood sexual abuse who confronts the horrors of his past, in the movie, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival as Romans and is now available digitally and on demand in the U.S. under its new title.
      Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, however, Orlando insisted the scenes were “really just what was required,” adding, “I didn’t think about the nudity aspect. I just thought about what was required in the moment to get the job done.”
      “We talked about the shots and the nudity aspect and how it served the character and the truth of the moment,” the “Carnival Row” star shared. “I was focused more on that and obviously, I put a lot of trust in the directors, who were new and young, and had the greatest sincerity. They knew the writer very well, and their approach to the material was with real sensitivity and care. So, I felt I was serving the moment more than I was thinking about the fact that there was nudity.”
      Orlando continued, “With the sex, you see very clear how damaged Malky is, and how his damage plays out in the relationships in his life, particularly with women. His fear of intimacy, his fear of closeness, the animalistic way with which he approaches sex, and the shame around that, it’s all very palpable in the script.”
      “It’s very clear to me what was required, and then a lot of what I had gleaned from different organisations that I spoke to about male sexual abuse, it was reading up around it and researching around it. You can understand how and why people do things the way they do.”

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