NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean icon Orlando Bloom says he put himself through a grueling training routine to prepare for his pugilist role in The Cut.
"it's about the fight in the mind. I think that's something that any athlete would probably agree with," Bloom told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"I had a chance to sort of burn the barn down a little bit -- physically and mentally, emotionally, which was something that I really committed to," he said. "it was almost like no acting required because everything that happens to Boxer was sort of happening to me because of the weight loss, the no water at the end and then just the mental fatigue, as well. You're not sleeping when you're so hungry. It's a really hard thing to do."
Written by Justin Bull and directed by Sean Ellis, the film follows "The Boxer" (Bloom) as he goes to extraordinary lengths, including starving himself, to make weight and prepare for a comeback fight.
"Boxer, when we meet him, he's washed up," Bloom said.
