Orlando in full bloom

Teenage star Wu Lei. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Bloom has a huge fan base in China. On the Chinese Twitter-like Sina Weibo, which is also his first social networking account, he is now followed by 2.1 million fans.

Speaking about his experiences in China, Bloom says: "I had a wonderful time shooting the movie in China. And I had amazing actors and actresses to work with.

"We had a really fun script. It feels very authentic to Shanghai. And the character is realistic too."

In the movie, Bloom's character escorts the antique on its way from Shanghai to Vancouver, but he is ambushed en route.

A lot of the action scenes were shot in Shanghai, one of China's most internationalized cities, and many landmark buildings there are featured in the movie.