In my desperate search to figure out something to write about I was going to write an article asking “Where did Julie Stiles go?” Then I found out she is acting on Broadway and that pretty much killed that article. However, I guess I could have also asked “Where did Orlando Bloom go?” Bloom didn’t have a single movie in 2008 and only Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End in 2007. In fact 2006 didn’t do much better following the eight films he starred in from 2003-2005.
Well, he has a role in the chaptered New York, I Love You later this year and has now replaced James Franco in Sympathy for Delicious opposite Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney according to The Hollywood Reporter, a film that will also serve as Ruffalo’s directorial debut.
Ruffalo’s brother, Scott, died in December 2008 and sent the film into limbo, but the project is back on and begins next week in Los Angeles.
The story, written by Christopher Thornton, follows a paralyzed DJ, struggling to survive on the streets of L.A., who turns to faith healing and mysteriously develops the ability to cure the sick — although not himself. The DJ then decides to cash in on his gift in exchange for his rock ‘n’ roll dreams.
Bloom, taking over for Franco, will play the frontman of a tough-as-nails rock band. Linney plays as the band’s manager working hard to stay relevant in a 21st century musical world.
Thornton, a theater actor who is paralyzed from the waist down, is playing the DJ, and Ruffalo plays a priest.
