Orlando Bloom, 21st century swashbuckler

He’s often compared to a modern day Errol Flynn. After all, Orlando Bloom has the good looks and the swashbuckling credits: He’s played the bow-and-arrow-carrying elf in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, he starred in the sandals-and-swords Crusades drama “Kingdom of Heaven,” and he’s done his share of sword fighting in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy.

Asked if he could, at this point, actually defend his life with a sword, Bloom laughed. “That’s a good question,” Bloom said during an interview after wrapping final shooting for Disney’s latest installment in the series, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

“You know, I think I’d be all right, actually. I have good spacial awareness and I’m pretty comfortable with a sword. Of course, it would depend on my opponent.”