{"id":390029,"date":"2025-09-01T19:45:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390029\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:45:24","slug":"orlando-bloom-looking-to-connect-to-his-northern-irish-roots-with-new-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390029\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Bloom looking to connect to his Northern Irish roots with new passport"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his latest film, Bloom plays an Irish boxer determined to win a championship title after coming out of retirementOrlando Bloom attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party(Image: Jamie McCarthy\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom<\/a> has revealed his family connections to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Ryan Tubridy on Virgin Radio<\/a>, the Pirates of the Caribbean star has shared that he is currently applying for an Irish passport.<\/p>\n

Originally from Kent, the 48-year-old shared that his grandfather is from Northern Ireland<\/a> and he hopes the passport will allow him to travel more freely across Europe for work.<\/p>\n

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He said: “I’m getting my Irish passport. [My grandfather] was actually from Northern Ireland.”<\/p>\n

Ryan Tubridy replied: “And there\u2019s a lot of people from the UK who, after a certain political move, found themselves looking for a granny down the back of the couch.”<\/p>\n

In his latest film, The Cut, Bloom plays an Irish boxer determined to win a championship title after coming out of retirement.<\/p>\n

He laughed in response to Tubridy’s joke and added that he was proud of his roots across the water.<\/p>\n

He said: “Part of it was actually just for work, like, when I was working in Prague for a while, [there was] a whole bunch of new paperwork.<\/p>\n

“And also, I love the fact that I\u2019ve got Irish heritage. That\u2019s all it is.”<\/p>\n

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