Orlando Bloom - Kingdom of Heaven
Set in the 12th-century, 2005’s Kingdom of Heaven saw Orlando Bloom play a French blacksmith travel to the Kingdom of Jerusalem in an effort to repel Ayyubid Muslim Sultan forces. The film was successful in Arabic-speaking countries but a disappointment in the US box office. Even though Bloom won awards for his performance, the Boston Glove provided a simple explanation for his lukewarm reception: Bloom was “not actively bad as Balian of Ibelin”, but nevertheless “seems like a man holding the fort for a genuine star who never arrives”.
