BRAVO: Did you like pirates as a kid?

Orlando: I loved pirate movies! While shooting "Pirates Of The Caribbean" I sometimes felt like on a big adventure playground. We shot a lot of scenes on an old ship on the sea - great fun! I had a fantastic time with Johnny Depp above all. I dreamt of something like that as a child.

BRAVO: Didn't you get seasick?

Orlando: Fortunately not. But some of the others - they literally hung over the rail!

BRAVO: How were the fencing scenes with Johnny Depp?

Orlando: Exhausting! But beside some little scratches nothing happened. After the many fencing scenes in "Lord Of The Rings" and now in "Pirates Of The Caribbean" as well I'm a real professional with a sword. Maybe I should try out for the Olympic Games (laughs)...

BRAVO: There are already plans for a sequel to "Pirates Of The Caribbean".  With you on board?

Orlando: I'm definitely doing the sequel; I had too much fun. Sure, I'd like to do a comedy, but right now I'm very happy with the roles I'm offered. Three years ago I was at drama school and didn't know if I would ever do a movie - and now I work with people like Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt. That's crazy! I have no reason to complain at all.

BRAVO: The last part of "Lord Of The Rings" is finished. Are you sad that it is over?

Orlando: Yes, I am! I spent three years with the team and some became really good friends, like Elijah Wood or Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn. And I had a fantastic time in New Zealand with the other elves too. But it is not entirely finished: In December will be the premiere of the third part in Berlin!

BRAVO: Nine actors from "Lord Of The Rings" - you too - got a tattoo of the elvish "nine" together. Will you get more tattoos?

Orlando: No! I think I'll never have one again. Two have to be enough.

BRAVO: What's your second tattoo?

Orlando: A sun at the belly button. I got that when I was 15. I went with a mate spontaneously to a tattoo shop - a stupid idea. I don't think I'd get a tattoo nowadays!

BRAVO: Does your girlfriend, actress Kate Bosworth, like your tattoos?

Orlando: She thinks they're okay but she's not crazy about them.

BRAVO: How long are you together?

Orlando: I don't like talking about it, it's the last piece of private life I have. Just this: Kate is the sweetest girl in the world! We are together for a couple of months now and very happy. Unfortunately, we can't see each other very often because we're both constantly on the move. But most of the time we find a solution. Kate is perfect for me - we have a lot of similar interests.

BRAVO: Surfing, for example? Kate played the starring role in the surfer movie "Blue Crush". Is she better in the waves than you?

Orlando: She's much better than I am actually. I've learned surfing while shooting "Lord Of The Rings" in New Zealand. But I'm not doing much sports at the moment. I used to be really active and I did all kinds of extreme sports - the wilder the better!

BRAVO: Like.........?

Orlando: Parachuting, bungee jumping, paragliding and snow boarding. Different things, really.....

BRAVO: Is it true that you broke almost every bone in your body.....?

Orlando (laughs): Oh yes! I used to be a real dare-devil. But I didn't get hurt at sports only. Once I fell from a friend's roof terrace and broke my vertebrae. I wasn't drunk, just stupidly lost my footing and fell two stories deep. The doctors thought I would be paraplegic for the rest of my life. But after the operation everything healed. Thank God!

BRAVO: Is it true that you are dyslexic?