Orlando in full bloom

The upcoming thriller S.M.A.R.T. Chase, featuring English actor Orlando Bloom and stars such as teenage actor Wu Lei, actress Xiong Dailin, veteran actor Ying Da, actress Liang Jing and Taiwan model-actress Hannah Quinlivan, will open in Chinese mainland theaters during this year's National Day holiday week. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The Hollywood star comes to Beijing to promote S.M.A.R.T. Chase, a movie produced by a Chinese company. Xu Fan reports.

While on a red carpet, English actor Orlando Bloom responds to screaming Chinese fans, signing autographs and posing for photos with them.

Scenes like these where a Hollywood star is in China to promote an upcoming film are frequent since the country overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest movie market in 2012.

But the Beijing tour of Bloom, known for playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, is a bit different.

S.M.A.R.T. Chase, the thriller that Bloom promoted last week in Beijing, is a title backed by Chinese filmmakers.

The film, produced by Shanghai-based Chinese studio Bliss Media, is directed by British director Charles Martin.

Except for Bloom, the other stars are Chinese. They are teenage star Wu Lei, who shot to prominence with the hit TV series Nirvana in Fire; Taiwan model-actress Hannah Quinlivan; actress Xiong Dailin, known for her role in the Ip Man franchise; veteran actor Ying Da and actress Liang Jing.