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Orlando Bloom is opening up about that threesome scene with real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara in their new film Bucking Fastard.
The actor discussed the scene while presenting the film with writer-director Werner Herzog at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
“It was a very sincere sort of moment that was created,” he said.
Orlando Bloom is reflecting on his “very sincere” threesome scene with real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara in their new film, Bucking Fastard.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 49, was asked about the intimate scene while presenting the drama with its writer-director Werner Herzog at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
“[There is] such simplicity to the characters and [their] carnal desires, but also an innocence to the sisters,” Bloom told the audience at the event, per Variety. “My character, the Bucking Fastard, is sensitive too. And he’s quite quickly out of his depth in some ways. It was a very sincere sort of moment that was created.”
Rooney Mara, Kate Mara, and Orlando Bloom at the ‘Bucking Fastard’ premiere at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 14, 2026
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Herzog added that he let Bloom decide how he wanted to handle the moment during filming.
“In the love scene, I said to Orlando: ‘You are in bed, and you have two women in your arms. How you deal with it, I cannot give instructions,'” he said. “It is beautiful because it has such charm and depth.”
Bloom stars as Gareth Mulroney, a neighborhood man who strikes up a sexual relationship with closely linked sisters Jean (Kate Mara) and Joan Holbrooke (Rooney Mara) in the surreal drama. While he initially enjoys their company, Gareth ends up taking the sisters to court after they begin destroying his property as punishment for him breaking up with them and marrying another woman.
“What I love about Bucking Fastard is that it refuses to judge its characters and offer any kind of easy answers. That is something that Werner focused on,” Bloom added. “It was wonderful to work with Kate and Rooney; I’ve been a long admirer of both of them. We had a lot of fun in Dublin. It was a great experience and certainly a bucket-list opportunity to work with someone like Werner and such a phenomenal cast.”
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Bloom previously spoke about his experience playing a character who had siblings fighting for his affection while visiting Entertainment Weekly’s studio at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.
“He’s such a simple guy, I think he just walks into this beautiful ménage à trois,” the Lord of the Rings alum said at the time. “This idea of it as like, ‘Okay, well, yeah, this is what we’re doing.’ And I think he’s out of his depth before he knows it… He’s a real guy’s guy in the most simple ways.”
Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2024
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He similarly took a moment to praise Kate and Rooney, who expertly portray two sisters who can speak perfectly in sync and finish each other’s sentences.
“It was wonderful to work with these two,” he said. “Seeing them move and breathe and think as if they’re dreaming together was super unique. I don’t think you’ll ever see a movie like this.”
Bucking Fastard does not have a theatrical release date.
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