Orlando Bloom is treading the boards in the West End for the first time in more than a decade. That’s a tantalising prospect for fans of this chiselled LA-based Brit – globally recognised thanks to his dashing roles in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Pirates of the Caribbean. But the added kicker about this homecoming – in which he stars as a bent Dallas detective and part-time hitman in Tracy Letts’s tar-black comedy Killer Joe – is that he gets his kit off.
As a result of that notorious “paddleboard” snap of Bloom in his birthday suit, proudly manoeuvring his oars behind partner Katy Perry in 2016, you could say that the 41-year-old’s more salacious admirers have already been amply served....