Laura Paine: Orlando Bloom’s new love interest?

British film star Orlando Bloom ended his three-year marriage with Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr in October of last year, but the Hollywood actor has apparently found a new leading lady in the form of Laura Paine.

It seems the “paine” from Bloom’s breakup with Kerr is no more. The thirty-seven year-old actor, who starred in the popular Lord of the Rings trilogy, looked proud as he linked arms with his new love interest in west London this past weekend. Could there be a new romance in the bloom?

Like Kerr, the Oxfordshire-native Laura Paine is also a model, albeit not as famous. The statuesque five-foot-nine-inch beauty, who is in her early twenties, has previously modeled for H&M. She was spotted arm in arm with Bloom as the pair enjoyed a double date with a couple of friends at the Little House restaurant in Mayfair on Sunday.

Despite their recent public appearance together, Bloom’s ex wife told Mail Online that the Hollywood star with whom she has one child has not yet moved on, insisting he and the blonde mannequin are “just friends.”

“They’ve been friends for years,” Kerr told the London-based newspaper on Sunday. “People try to put me together with people I’ve been friends with for years. As long as I know the truth and people close to me know the truth, that’s all that matters.”

Only time will tell.

By Theo