--- title: Orlando Bloom on Funny Story With Kid description: “I’m Super Dad!” Orlando Bloom told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show canonical: https://time.com/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-25T15:35:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:57.234Z og:title: Orlando Bloom's Son Thinks He's a Superdad For a Legit Reason og:description: “I’m Super Dad!” Orlando Bloom told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show og:url: https://time.com/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/ 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: Orlando Bloom's Son Thinks He's a Superdad For a Legit Reason twitter:description: “I’m Super Dad!” Orlando Bloom told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Orlando Bloom's Son Thinks He's a Superdad for an Understandable Reason by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 25, 2017 3:35 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 25, 2017 3:35 PM UTC [_Pirates of the Caribbean_](http://time.com/4787628/alien-covenant-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-box-office/?iid=sr-link1) is one of the biggest film franchises in the world, but Orlando Bloom was hesitant to show the movie to his young son. When the six-year old entered school, though, [Bloom](http://time.com/4316476/orlando-bloom-unicef-report-education/?iid=sr-link1) decided it was time to introduce his day job to his son, before some older kid at school spoiled the big reveal. As Bloom explained to Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday’s _The Tonight Show_, after Bloom’s son watched the first installment, he had some unexpected questions for his dad. “He loved it and then he was like, wait a second, how long can you hold your breath underwater for?” said Bloom, laughing. “I’m Super Dad!” That’s not all that Bloom revealed on the show, when Fallon asked him about [bleaching his hair](http://time.com/4497331/orlando-bloom-reveals-hes-now-a-platinum-blond-on-public-instagram-account/?iid=sr-link4) recently, Bloom admitted that he had been inspired by [his _Lord of the Rings_ character](http://time.com/4607981/orlando-bloom-lord-of-the-rings-photos/?iid=sr-link3) Legolas, who he adorably refers to as “Leggy.” Fallon also got Bloom to admit that while he doesn’t have the flowing blonde wig that made …er, Leggy such a hit with the elves, he did keep his prosthetic ears from the film. Watch below. Orlando Bloom on Funny Story With Kid ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/"},"headline":"Orlando Bloom's Son Thinks He's a Superdad for an Understandable Reason","datePublished":"2017-05-25T15:35:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:57.234Z","description":"“I’m Super Dad!” Orlando Bloom told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show","url":"https://time.com/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/4794096/orlando-blooms-on-legolas-hair/","name":"Orlando Bloom's Son Thinks He's a Superdad for an Understandable Reason"}}]}] ```