Other stuff:

• He's got a dog called Maude
• He loves extreme sports
• He was inspired to become an actor by Superman
• He auditioned for the much smaller part of Faramir, Boromir's brother, before director Peter Jackson called him back to read for the part of Legolas the elf
• His mum named him after a character in a book by Virginia Woolf
• Orlando seriously hurt his back after falling from a drainpipe a few years ago. For a while he thought he might never walk again, but he miraculously recovered.
• He belonged to the National Youth Theatre before getting offered his first film role in arty flick, Wilde
• Some people reckon he was once engaged to Brit model Jemma Kidd, and Orlando won't confirm or deny the rumours
• He's got two tattoos - a sun on his stomach and the number nine in Elvish - which lots of the young Rings actors had done together to mark their close bond while filming
• He has 3 A-levels in theatre, photography and sculpture
• He supports Man United
• He's appeared in Casualty and Midsomer Murders