Lately, it appears like stars typically decide up to now civilians — or, a minimum of, merely celeb-adjacent choices, like writers and administrators — however, again within the early aughts, it was all concerning the A-list pairings. And one of many hottest of the bunch? Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth, two fresh-faced skills who appeared like an awesome match throughout a really golden period for superstar {couples}.
The way it Started
These two met after they had been on the best way up — Bosworth, then simply 19, and Bloom, then 25, first crossed paths after they shot a Hole industrial collectively in 2002. On the time, Bosworth was beginning to get consideration for her breakthrough function in surf film Blue Crush, and Bloom had simply made the primary Lord of the Rings film. In fact, they hit it off — why wouldn't they?!
How Lengthy it Lasted
A very long time for 2 children! Regardless of a number of bumps within the highway, they saved their relationship going till 2006. And through that point, each acquired super-famous, with Bosworth turning into an everyday fixture on “get the look!” vogue pages (in addition to showing in motion pictures like Win A Date With Tad Hamilton and The Guidelines of Attraction) whereas Bloom turned an enormous title in Hollywood, largely because of Pirates of the Caribbean, in addition to the Lord of the Rings franchise.
Her blue crushes! Kate Bosworth has dated a number of fellow actors through the years together with Orlando Bloom and Justin Lengthy. Throughout a September 2019 look on Watch What Occurs Stay With Andy Cohen, the California native claimed that she was executed relationship actors, an expertise she known as “no bueno,” including, “It's simply — an excessive amount of of […]
“I knew Orlando earlier than he was well-known in any respect,” Bosworth mentioned throughout a Watch What Occurs Stay with Andy Cohen interview in 2019. “So we began relationship approach, approach again within the day. After which it hit after we had been collectively.”
The way it Ended
Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth in 2005 ©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM
The couple first break up in 2005, with their publicist confirming to Folks, “They did resolve to take a while aside as a consequence of their upcoming work schedule, they usually stay very shut. It was a mutual choice.” However inside a number of weeks, they had been again on, and had been quickly being photographed collectively strolling their canine on a seashore within the Bahamas and cozying up round Hollywood. And, when Bosworth was selling Superman Returns in 2006, Bloom was by her aspect on the crimson carpet.
In July that yr, they attended Japan's Fuji Rocks pageant collectively, however by August, rumors began circulating that they had been over for good.
What They Stated About Every Different
Whereas each remained fairly non-public all through their time collectively, sometimes they couldn't assist themselves. “I'm in love with love,” Bloom advised reporters in 2004. “It's heavenly whenever you're falling for somebody and you may't cease eager about her.”
Kate Bosworth and Orlando Bloom in 2004 J. Vespa/WireImage for LIONSGATE
Bosworth additionally spoke to Folks in 2004 about protecting their relationship as regular as attainable. “We don't actually do the large occasion factor,” she mentioned. “We've got made this option to hold the connection non-public. We do our personal issues, and it's been nice that approach. We hold all the things actually priceless. We take all of it in stride. We haven't invited the stress in but. Possibly it would come, and perhaps it received't. We're simply residing our lives usually, which has been nice. We'll see.”
Orlando Bloom is extra of a long-term romance man, it appears. All through his time within the public eye, the Pirates of the Caribbean alum has not been shy about his affinity for relationships — and discovering love. “I'm fully in love with the thought of affection,” Bloom advised Elle in a 2013 interview. “However I […]
What They Say Now
For the reason that break up, Bosworth has spoken in a number of interviews about how important the connection was in her life. “Orlando and I met after we had been children,” she advised Vogue in 2008. “Blue Crush hadn't come out. Lord of the Rings hadn't come out. He was the primary large heartbreak. Past love — you're feeling prefer it's the be-all and end-all. To place as little stress on the connection you're in is essential. I remorse that it was too intense for each of us.”
Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth in 2005 ©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM
In 2011, she even advised Sunday Instances Fashion that the breakup had made her sick. “You recognize whenever you put all of your chips into one thing, then it disappears?” she mirrored. “It despatched me into such ache, I feel I had precise vertigo. I used to be like, ‘Is that this my new actuality? Will something be regular once more?' Then at some point you get up, and also you assume, OK, I'll by no means be the identical, however I'll survive, and I'll develop from it.”
In her 2019 Andy Cohen interview, she additionally opened up about what it was like relationship one of many world's largest heartthrobs. “He would have, like, ladies, like, lifting their shirts up,” she recalled. “It was simply wild. I imply, if you happen to're simply two regular individuals hanging out, after which hastily it simply blows up into one thing actually surreal, then you definitely form of take a look at the particular person you're with as a rock in some ways. And I feel we felt that approach about one another by means of a loopy time.”
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's relationship included a nude paddleboarding session, a gathering with the pope and nearly all the things in between earlier than they break up in June 2025. The singer and the actor dated from January 2016 to March 2017 earlier than briefly calling it quits. They had been formally again collectively by February 2018, and one […]
She added: “We're nonetheless actually, actually good pals. Nothing dangerous in any respect.” And it gave the impression to be true — in 2015, they bumped into one another at a vogue occasion at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, and fortunately posed for photographs collectively.
Key Relationship Takeaways
Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth in 2015 Michael Buckner/WWD/Penske Media by way of Getty Pictures
It seems like life simply acquired too loopy for 2 younger stars, with them each in the end transferring on from the heartache of their large break up. Bloom shares son Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr, who he was married to from 2010 to 2013, and daughter Daisy with ex-fiancée Katy Perry, who he break up from in 2025.
Bosworth, in the meantime, additionally dated a number of large names, together with Alexander Skarsgard, earlier than an eight-year marriage to director Michael Polish. On the time, Bosworth mentioned that relationship Bloom had put her off actors for all times (“I married a director,” she advised Andy Cohen. “Sorry! It's simply, it's an excessive amount of of the identical factor”) however appeared to vary her thoughts when she met Justin Lengthy: the couple have been married since 2023, and share a daughter, born by surrogate in July 2025.
