--- title: See Orlando Bloom's Epic 'Lord of the Rings' Throwback Snaps description: Take a look through Bloom's throwback snaps of his time as Legolas, including some candid selfies, archery—and commentary from Katy Perry. canonical: https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-20T17:34:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:39.423Z og:title: See Orlando Bloom's Epic 'Lord of the Rings' Photos og:description: Katy Perry thinks he looks like Jennifer Aniston in one of the shots og:url: https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Orlando Bloom's Epic 'Lord of the Rings' Photos twitter:description: Katy Perry thinks he looks like Jennifer Aniston in one of the shots twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Orlando Bloom's Epic Behind-the-Scenes _Lord of the Rings_ Throwback Photos  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC This week, actor and former elf Orlando Bloom has been celebrating a milestone: the [15th anniversary of the premiere of _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_](http://time.com/4591437/lord-of-the-rings-behind-the-scenes-photos/), the first movie in the [epic Tolkien trilogy](http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/the-lord-of-the-rings-1954-by-j-r-r-tolkien/?iid=sr-link9) that launched his career as flaxen-haired, pointy-eared Legolas. To commemorate the passage of time, Bloom chose to post a few photos from that era to [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pg/orlandobloom/photos/?tab=album&album%5Fid=576472412561990) and Instagram, starting with a set of candid-seeming selfies. The pointed ears and blonde Legolas wig are the standouts of this series—but that might be overshadowed by one of the comments, from none other than [girlfriend](http://time.com/4430948/dnc-katy-perry-orlando-bloom/?iid=sr-link2) and pop superstar Katy Perry. “You look like Jen Aniston on the lower right babe,” [she appears to have written](https://www.instagram.com/p/BON9fWDDvOT/?taken-by=orlandobloom). There are more old-school-Bloom gems to be had, though, including inside looks at the young archer-in-training learning his sport, some casual surfing while off set, and candids with fellow actor Viggo Mortensen and a set of stand-ins for other cast members in the [dramatic New Zealand landscape](http://time.com/4325907/new-zealand-volcano-mordor/?iid=sr-link3). Taken in an era before the ubiquity of camera phones and social media sharing, these throwback photos—which look to be hard copies in a photo album—are true relics of Middle Earth. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/"},"headline":"See Orlando Bloom's Epic Behind-the-Scenes Lord of the Rings Throwback Photos","datePublished":"2016-12-20T17:34:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:39.423Z","description":"Possibly twinning with Jennifer Aniston","url":"https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/","name":"See Orlando Bloom's Epic Behind-the-Scenes Lord of the Rings Throwback Photos"}}]}] ```