Last month, I was sold on the idea of Peter Sarsgaard being a lascivious '60s swinger who gives Carey Mulligan An Education. In the sea of my hopes for a good film, I sort of glossed over the fact that Orlando Bloom was also involved. (He might make a great, stunt-performing Legolas, but he hasn't impressed me in anything else.) Well, now it seems that he's not on the roster.
The Hollywood Reporter posts that the actor has pulled out of Lone Scherfig's An Education, citing scheduling conflicts, which seems a bit weird since the film just began shooting. One would think that he would have someone watching his calendar and noticing that he was double-booked...
Whether that's the real reason or not, Orlando is out, and has been replaced by Dominic Cooper, the guy who recently popped up in The History Boys, and who will soon be a leading man in Mamma Mia! The Brit already has experience acting in the '60s/'70s as well -- he was a "Squaddie at Disco" in 2005's Breakfast on Pluto.
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/17/orlando-bloom-doesnt-want-an-education-but-dominic-cooper/
Almost the same story about Dominic Cooper replacing Orlando Bloom are on the following websites.
http://www.andpop.com/article/11116
http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=5922
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2266353,00.html
http://www.pr-inside.com/bloom-pulls-out-of-nick-hornby-r490563.htm
http://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i70b16620fc842bc83cabb0c50bf74512?imw=Y
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=533669&in_page_id=1794
