David Leveaux’s modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet might not have gotten the best reviews, but how many times can you recreate the most tragic love story ever written?
Fortunately, Orlando Bloom managed to steal our hearts as an edgy Romeo.
Orlando Bloom with Condola Rashad at the curtain call for the opening night of David Leveaux’ Romeo and Juliet at Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City on September 19, 2013 (Credit: Joseph Marzullo / WENN)
With the play still set in Verona, Bloom was styled as a motorcycle-riding James Dean-esque young man who wears ripped jeans, henleys, and hoodies and rocks several exotic necklaces.
Orlando Bloom was 36 years old when he played Romeo opposite Tony nominee Condola Rashad’s Juliet in a contemporary-set production (Credit: Joseph Marzullo / WENN)
He was hot. And then there’s that matter of him ferociously uttering lovesick poetry throughout the play. If that doesn’t get you, we don’t know what will.
Orlando Bloom as a casual and rugged Romeo in torn jeans, white shirts, and edgy, exotic necklaces (Credit: Joseph Marzullo / WENN)