Movie stars and Orlando

Interesting article in the New York Times on the lack of emerging movie stars with a focus on Orlando Bloom.

The article was entertaining but it didn't bring up a few obvious points:

- Orlando is a pretty boy ingenue. He fitted in well in Lord of the Rings where he didn't have to carry the film; ditto Troy and Pirates of the Caribbean. In all those films you had other actors to carry the kick arse duties.

- Who wants to see Orlando kick arse? He's a pretty boy, a metrosexual. Cast a decent tough guy. Kingdom of Heaven was a film with problems (notably the central story - the heroes should really have been the Muslims, instead it was about a siege that was not only lost it was pointless) but putting him as the lead in it... who wants to watch him be a tough guy? His performance isn't that bad - but having him in the movie was annoying.

- Ditto Elizabethtown - what sort of problems do pretty boys have? This might be unfair, but the thought of him in a rom com was irritating.

Orlando is good for one sort of role only. His fan base is young girls. Men do not like him. His moment will pass, as it did for Troy Donahue, Tab Hunter and all the rest. If he is lucky he will manage to survice a la Bob Wagner.