Orlando Bloom - Main Street #2- Talk slowly and carry a big stick!!

**ChrisM** · 05-25-2009, 11:57 PM

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Orlando Bloom Finds Trouble on 'Main Street'

Orlando Bloom plays a small-town police officer faced with risky business in the ensemble drama 'Main Street,' and ET has a sneak peek behind the scenes in Durham, North Carolina!

"I like these kinds of movies; I enjoy going to see a slice of life, the way [these] kind of people live," says Orlando. "I like the idea of playing a cop; kind of thinking about how a cop goes about his daily life and what he comes up against."

Orlando perfected his Southern drawl for his character (he even gives his interview with an accent), and he says working with a coach "on the sounds" has "been fun."

Written by the late Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winner Horton Foote ('To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'Tender Mercies'), 'Main Street' follows a group of people in a small, down-and-out American town whose lives are shaken up by a mysterious stranger's (Colin Firth) arrival on their Main Street, where he chooses to store hazardous waste in a warehouse.

"They've asked me to come over and take a look, and to me it's a bit like I'm dealing with the cat in the tree issue," explains Orlando. "And then I come in and I see all of these canisters laid out; they look pretty ominous."

The film's ensemble cast also includes Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy, Tom Wopat, Patricia Clarkson and Ellen Burstyn.

Ellen, who plays a tobacco heiress whose real estate dilemma draws in Colin's mysterious Texas businessman, says the production has been very respectful to the screenplay, saying, "We've been very faithful to the script. We haven't changed any of Horton's words."

And Patricia, who plays Ellen's niece in the film, says, "[Horton] writes beautiful characters that are organically driven, that are flawed and yet immensely likable in odd ways." She adds that Ellen is "one of my idols; she's one of the reasons why I wanted to do this project. She doesn't disappoint. She's just stunning."

Watch ET for more with Orlando and the cast of 'Main Street'!

click for source and some interviews, you can hear Orlando and his southern accent (when he's calmer its so much more natural

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WARNING: its has plot summary spoilers so if you don't want em, nothing too much is revealed though.

**ladyle** · 05-26-2009, 12:02 AM

wow...we finished one thread for main street!!

**ChrisM** · 05-26-2009, 12:05 AM

Im proud!!!

and now to finish this one...trailer, trailer, trailer!!

**ladyle** · 05-26-2009, 12:09 AM

ahh!! gotta wait awhile!!

"honey, just because i talk slow dun' mean i'm stupid."

**ChrisM** · 05-26-2009, 12:15 AM

hopefully not too much longer!!

ahhh that line! so fitting!!

**ladyle** · 05-26-2009, 12:21 AM

it is! and, here's the clip: YouTube - Sweet Home Alabama he says it at about 2:14, i think.

maybe by december it'll be out.

**ChrisM** · 05-26-2009, 12:36 AM

awww I love that movie!!

hopefully! are early next year

**ladyle** · 05-26-2009, 12:43 AM

me too!!

the sand & the lightening was cute.

it'd be a nice gift.

**ChrisM** · 05-26-2009, 12:47 AM

"why do you wanna be married to me anyway?" "so I can kiss you anytime I want" awwww

yeah southern living there too

it would be, ohhh for your b-day!

**ladyle** · 05-26-2009, 12:49 AM

ahh...yes!!

i'll be...OMG. 24.

i loved that line!!

**ChrisM** · 05-26-2009, 12:53 AM

ahhh maybe lets not think that far ahead!!

me too!! its so sweet

I listened to the interview again and after watching North and South for about an hr, where they are from South Carolina, I think he does well, especially since I imagine SC would probably be more thick of an accent than NC

ok there's my amateur analysis.

**marae13** · 05-26-2009, 02:04 AM

wuhoo a new thread for main street

**ChrisM** · 06-15-2009, 03:47 PM

if anyone can get their hands on "Entertainment Weekly" apparently there is a write up about Amber and Orli!! It has this blurb, thanks to Knightlover from OL

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Orlando Bloom and Amber Tamblyn Team Up for a New Movie

The co-stars share a laugh near the Durham, NC set of Main Street, the last film by screenwriter Horton Foote(Tender Mercies). "I play a small-town cop who's trying to rekindle the flame with his childhood sweetheart," says Bloom of the drama, which is awaiting distribution. "Amber plays a secretary who aspires to the bright lights of a bigger city." Great, but . . the mustache? Protests Bloom: "A lot of the police officers I came across had a mustache."

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aww he defends that 'stache

and rekindling romance with the childhood sweetheart sounds cute! So maybe some romance in this one!!

**ladyle** · 06-15-2009, 05:09 PM

ahh! he's all, "don't knock the 'stache."

**ChrisM** · 06-15-2009, 05:17 PM

he's like "cops have these!!"