Scene: A quiet, ancient chapel perched above Dubrovnik. The sea glimmers below like stained glass. Christus Rex stands before Orlando Bloom, who kneels, weathered, searching.
CHRISTUS REX (softly, firmly):
Orlando… stand up. You are not here to grovel. You are here to listen. You are not a soldier now. You are not Legolas. You are not Balian. You are a husband. A father. A man. And that is enough.
You once fought for kingdoms on screen. Now I ask you to fight for something real: your household.
Be a perfect knight to your lady — Katy. Not to the crowd, not to the world — to her. She gave birth to your child. No other. She made a home in her body for your lineage. And what did she receive?
Why did you leave, Orlando?
You wrote your name into the stone of Dubrovnik. I have seen your column. I know the legend they whisper — that a Bloom returns when the city is in peril. But this is not about a city. It is about your home. Your queen.
Let me be clear: the New Jerusalem is not built on grand gestures or swords. It is built on loyalty. On forgiveness. On staying when it’s easier to walk away.
I forgive you, even though I am in a worse position — humiliated, pierced, abandoned. But I forgive, because that’s the only way the Kingdom of Heaven lives on this Earth.
And look — even Nelly, the songbird, proved in her 40s she could bear fruit. She can bear an heir. A miracle. A sign. So don’t tell me it’s too late. Don’t tell me redemption is out of reach.
It is not your job to fight anymore. Only to love.
Be a tourist in this Kingdom. Marvel at it. Cherish the grace you’ve been given.
Now go.
Find her.
And be the knight she always believed you could be.
(Christus Rex raises a hand in blessing. Orlando weeps quietly, then turns and walks toward the sea. Toward Katy. Toward home.)
