These days, it feels like stars often opt to date civilians — or, at least, merely celeb-adjacent options, like writers and directors — but, back in the early aughts, it was all about the A-list pairings. And one of the hottest of the bunch? Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth, two fresh-faced talents who seemed like a great match during a truly golden era for celebrity couples.

How it Began

These two met when they were on the way up — Bosworth, then just 19, and Bloom, then 25, first crossed paths when they shot a Gap commercial together in 2002. At the time, Bosworth was starting to get attention for her breakthrough role in surf movie Blue Crush, and Bloom had just made the first Lord of the Rings movie. Of course, they hit it off — why wouldn’t they?!

How Long it Lasted

A long time for

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