Orlando Bloom - ‘There Are Not Many Skeletons In My Closet'

The actor opens up about Katy, secrets and his new show

Carnival Row is such a unique show. What did you think when you first read the script?

Having been part of another fantasy genre movie [The Lord Of The Rings], I was a little bit familiar with that world, but I really honestly felt like I’d never seen anything like this before. I was intrigued by my character, Detective Inspector Rycroft Philostrate or Philo, this man who was born an orphan, raised in an orphanage, then served in the military and went on to be a police detective. I thought about being raised in institutions and what that would do to the psyche of a man.

As well as being a murder mystery set in a fantasy world, Carnival Row is also a love story between your character and Cara Delevingne’s. Can you talk about that?

It is a love story, yeah, a very genuine and authentic love story that really looks at my character’s fear of intimacy and the way he was raised. It’s also a beautiful love story between two deep and fascinating characters.