He may be a handsome, tough elf, but there's one thing Orlando Bloom can't claim to be: Superman.

The British hunk fears he can't compete with girlfriend Kate Bosworth's latest onscreen flame, perhaps because he lacks X-ray vision and a shiny red cape.

Bosworth plays Lois Lane in new Superman Returns. As such, she's often canoodling is on screen cuddling with co-star Brandon Routh's Man Of Steel.

But The Pirates Of The Caribbean star is philosophical about their sizzling chemistry, admitting there's no point suffering pangs of envy.

He Bloom put it: "Jealous? Are you kidding? He's Superman. I'm just a pirate."

At least Orlando is on his way up. In the first movie, he was mostly just a blacksmith.