Our favorite elf turned apprentice blacksmith was forced to join a pirate crew in "Curse of the Black Pearl" but Orlando Bloom's Will Turner is more of a "manly man on the high seas" in the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Orlando gets to ride a knife down a sail, swash and buckle (what DOES that mean, anyway?) with the best of them and, with his lady love Elizabeth Swann by his side, he tackles the fiercest denizen of the deep himself, Davy Jones!

Orlando Bloom as "pirate" Will Turner Credit: Buena Vista Pictures

Here's the latest dish! We got to interview Orlando recently in Beverly Hills. With seventy shooting days to go on "Pirates 3", the tanned actor was in full Will Turner mode, longish hair pulled back, little goatee, leather necklaces and wearing understated long-sleeved gray tee and dark pants. We also got the scoop from a journalist pal that the hot actor may or may not have broken up with galpal Kate Bosworth but, on the day of our interview, he was dogsitting her pooch Lila in his hotel suite right along with his fave lab-mix Sidi and he attended her Superman Returns premiere so, you judge. Orlando likes to lean far back in his chair and lock hands over head while being interviewed. So far we haven't seen him crash.