“I never feel more alive than being so close to death,” Orlando Bloom confesses in the first of the three-part adventure series. Orlando Bloom: To the Edge. To feel this thrill, the the Lord of the Rings And Pirates of the Caribbean a movie star tries it very risky sports. “A big part of this is being able to be on that edge… but safely. »
Bloom’s wife, Katy Perry, supports from the floor. His childhood best friend, Kris Gifford, who was by his side during a childhood accident that could have paralyzed the actor, also joins him. “Growing up, I was addicted to the adrenaline rush and never thought about the consequences,” Bloom admits.
Kicking off his trilogy of terror is Wingsuiting: skydiving in a special suit that adds lift so you can glide longer before opening your parachute. The goal: to fly three miles above the Pacific Ocean and land on the beach. Bloom must overcome, as he says, the “thousand hypotheses that cross my mind.”
Next, it heads to Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, which is 200 meters deep. His goal: freediving (diving deeply in a single breath) up to 100 feet. Her teacher is Camila Jaber, 26, the Mexican record holder (82 meters or 269 feet). Bloom had practiced his breathing, but a session on the beach made him cry. “It was a minefield of trying to let go and be comfortable with discomfort.”
Orlando Bloom: To the Edge premieres Thursday, April 18 on Peacock with all three episodes. Each episode lasts one hour.
Helping create this wild adventure are Bloom, Adam Karasick, Al Berman, Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson, Jason Goldberg and Scott Weintrob as executive producers, with Matthew Akers, Jamie Bovshow and Susan Hoenig as co-executive producers. The series is produced by STX Television and Amazing Owl.
Orlando Bloom: To the EdgeSeries premiere Thursday April 18, Peacock
