Orlando Bloom has revealed he’s dyslexic. According to the New York Daily News, the Pirates of the Caribbean star spoke at the Child Mind Institute in NYC Wednesday and called it “an ongoing struggle.”
“I have more trouble studying scripts and memorizing lines than most [other actors].”
The 33-year-old British actor said his mother inspired him to confront his learning difficulties. “My mom used to tell me, ‘If you read 50 books, I’ll get you a motorbike,’” he laughed. “So it inspired me to read a lot and work through [my dyslexia]. But I never quite got to 50. And I never got that motorbike!”
