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Orlando Bloom buys wellies in Cumbria
Published on 19/04/2006
Give it some wellie, Orlando! Actor Orlando Bloom and his girlfriend Kate Bosworth spent almost an hour in the John Norris shop in Penrith during an Easter break after finishing filming Pirates of the Caribbean 3
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By Anna Burdett
LORD of the Rings star Orlando Bloom spent Easter with friends near Penrith at the same retreat where his ‘hobbit’ co-stars once famously gathered for a New Year shooting holiday.
The 29-year-old superstar, who recently finished filming Pirates of the Caribbean 3 with Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp, even took time out to buy a pair of wellington boots in Penrith.
He and girlfriend Kate Bosworth spent almost an hour choosing boots at John Norris fishing tackle and country clothing shop in King Street.
Shop assistant Ruth Robson, 39, from Penrith, did not realise at first who she was serving.
She said: “After a while I said to the other girls in the shop, ‘I am sure I am serving Orlando Bloom’. I was not nervous talking to him.
“They both bought wellies and we have ordered a pair to send to his girlfriend’s London home.
“He was fascinated with buying a pair of studded boots but I told him he would fall and break something so he changed his mind!”
The couple needed boots to go shooting during their short break at a friend’s house in the Edenhall area.
Ms Robson said famous customers frequently visited the shop, including TV presenter Jeremy Paxman and former England cricketer Mike Atherton.
Bloom played the elf Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy alongside hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Merry played by Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan.
The hobbit actors spent New Year 2003 at the same house near Penrith shortly after the release of the Two Towers film.
International heart-throb Bloom enjoys walking and photography and decided to visit the area.
One resident, who did not want to be named, said famous people could often be seen in the village but nobody bothered them.
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger is due to start filming in Cumbria today for the new Beatrix Potter movie.
She is believed to be staying at a luxury Lake District hotel during the filming of Miss Potter.
Producers remain tight-lipped about the locations but 100 crew and actors will be in Cumbria over the next 11 days.
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He's such a moe. I love him.
