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    "text": "Nichiren* Buddhist actor Orlando Bloom says he studied Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai for the \"attitude and economy of movement that great samurai exhibit\" to bring immortal snow walking elf warrior Legolas to life.\n\nStudied Noh in drama school too!\n\n*his painting teacher taught him the chant",
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          "alt": "LEGOLAS\nAt the time I was first cast as Legolas I had just finished three years of drama school training. Movement was a very big part of my training. I had actually spent time during drama school studying the movement of lizards at the London Zoo and I saw the movement and physicality of Legolas as very important to creating the character. There was a description in the books of Legolas running across snow while the rest of the Fellowship had to dig their way through. That lightness of foot, agility, his awareness and ability to hear and see things before anybody else, led me to consider what animal he might be. I felt that there was a feline quality to my understanding of his movement; the ability to pounce or stop on a dime; the idea of him having eyes in the back of his head, always bristling, ready for anything. I had also been watching the Kurosawa classic The Seven Samurai and studied Noh Theater at drama school, both of which had an influence. The attitude and economy of movement that great samurai exhibit was something that became a very useful way into the character for me.\nOrlando Bloom, Actor, Legolas",
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          "alt": " he likes the philosophy that the Buddha believed would lead all living beings to enlightenment in their current lifetime.\n\n“At its core, it’s about respecting all living beings,” he says. “And I liked that as a roadmap. I always wanted a roadmap, and in a way, this practice has been that for me.”\n\nOrlando Bloom\nOrlando Bloom has been practicing Buddhism since he was 16.Nathan Congleton / TODAY\nBloom’s ‘art to living’\nBloom says he discovered Buddhism when he was working with an artist on painting and drawing when he was 16. Ahead of his school exams, he heard his mentor chanting “Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.”\n\n“I just said to him one day, ‘What are you doing?’” Bloom recalls. “And he said, ‘I’m chanting that you’re going to do really well in your exams, and then you’re going to have a really successful life.’”",
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