Orlando's Middle Earth Diary

With a cast of 77, a crew of 2,500, and a budget of £200 million - not to mention the 20,000 extras - 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy is one of the most ambitious epics ever made. Orlando Bloom, 24, who plays the elf prince, Legolas, took a Polaroid photograph every day of the 15 months of filming in New Zealand. In this diary, he gives an insider's view into the making of the first film 'The Fellowship Of The Ring'.

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Those of us who got into surfing - and that was lots of us - used to spend most of our free time driving around looking for good sites and waiting for waves. This picture is [left to right] Dominic Monagham, Billy Boyd, me and Dave Williams who was a runner. One night Billy and I went moonlight surfing. Something flipped over in the water and we thought it was a shark, but then we realised it was a seal. Leaving when we finished filming was very hard as we had all become very close. The nine of us who made up 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' had matching tattoos done - the number nine in Elvish script. Mine is on the inside of my right forearm and will always remind me of that time.

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