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Orlando Bloom thrilled with play role
Published Saturday, Jun 9 2007, 09:33 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly

'Kingdom of Heaven'
The actor has agreed to play Steven in David Storey's In Celebration, which will open at the Duke of York's Theatre in London next month.
"I have been kind of desperate to do a play for the longest time and this opportunity came up when I met this director, Anna Mackmin, who I'm now working with on a play called In Celebration - a play by David Storey," Bloom told Parkinson. "I was just hungering for an opportunity to be part of an ensemble cast in a great play. It's a phenomenal play."
Asked how he is coping with the Yorkshire accent required for the role, Orlando replied: "I tell you what my dialect coach, Jill, said 'Whatever you do, don't do your accent - save it for the audience [paying] when they come in!' I'm working on it though!"
Parkinson airs at 10.25pm tonight on ITV1.
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