Orlando Bloom Named UN Ambassador - Everest: A Climb for Peace Narrator Continues His Good Work…

Lance Trumbull, the director of "Everest: a Climb for Peace", the documentary narrated by the voice of Orlando, wrote an entry on his blog, speaking about Orlando named as Unicef ambassador. Here is the text:

I was extremely happy to read recently in the news that Everest: A Climb for Peace narrator (and Lord of the Rings star!) Orlando Bloom has been named goodwill ambassador for the UN Children’s organization UNICEF.

This is wonderful news as Orlando continues to do good in the world. Orlando Bloom’s first visit to Nepal came just a few weeks after he narrated my film in a sound studio in Hollywood in October 2007; one of the main film locations was Nepal. And the Everest Peace Project - through the help of its educational partner Room to Read - helped fund two libraries in Nepal for needy Nepalese children. Could it be that narrating my peace film and seeing the gorgeous Nepalese scenery and people inspired Orlando to reach out even further and to get involved in this incredible work with UNICEF?! Maybe…Probably not…but regardless, Orlando continues to provide his time for meaningful and worthy causes such as The Everest Peace Project film - Everest: A Climb for Peace (which was also endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and UNICEF. According to the BBC, his first task will be to film an appeal about the importance of clean water supplies.

Thanks again Orlando for all the good work that you do outside of Hollywood.

I had the distinct pleasure of working with Orlando Bloom and he was a true gentleman, professional and yet completely down to earth and as friendly as can be. Below is a horrible picture of me with Orlando. We were both having bad hair days! (And I was having a bad face day!)



And new pic, Orlando in the recording booth recording narration for Everest: A Climb for Peace:


www.everestpeaceproject.org

Everest: A Climb for Peace

Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the Dalai Lama. "Everest: A Climb for Peace" is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit - an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.

Filmed on location in Nepal, Tibet, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, U.A.E, and the United States, the film chronicles the spectacular journey of 9 'peace climbers' from different faiths and cultures as they climb to the summit of the tallest mountain in the world. The focus is on Palestinian Ali Bushnaq and Israeli's Dudu Yifrah and Micha Yaniv. They come together and set aside their differences to forge a path of teamwork and cooperation to attempt to summit the world’s highest peak. This however, is easier said than done. Their nations have been embroiled in a brutal war for years; each believes they are on the right side of that war and each knows that on Everest the cooperation of your teammate is a matter of life and death.

Lance Trumbull, the director of this documentary, hasmarvellous words for Orlando and speaks about the making of the documentary. Trumbull was adamant he wanted Orlando and no one else for his project.

"I had decided that I really wanted him to narrate my film for I love his voice - it is very powerful and commanding and so I was determined to somehow make it happen," he says. "I tracked down and found his agent's contact information and then I sent her an email. I wasn't sure if she was going respond at all." Unfortunately, Bloom was filming the third in the Pirates of the Caribbean series at the time. But Trumbull did not give up. "I believe that Orlando was always very much into narrating the film, but it was just a matter of his schedule and so after a lot of backs and forths with his agent, and excitement and patience on my part, they agreed to make it happen and to fit it into his schedule whenever he could. All in all, it took about a year to make it happen, but it was definitely worth the wait. I met and directed him in a studio in Hollywood. Orlando was a wonderful guy, completely genuine and incredibly nice, and his voice was perfect for the film. I could not be happier. I feel extremely fortunate and blessed that it all came together".

source http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1023746.html

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"Everest: A Climb for Peace" was released in November 2007 and won numerous prizes. For more informations, visit: http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/