Pirates of the Caribbean/Trivia

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  • Actor Allusion: Keith Richards, an inspiration for Johnny Depp's portrayal of Jack, as Jack's father.
  • The Danza: The dwarf pirate Marty is played by Martin Klebba.
  • Deleted Scene: Scenes were left out of At World's End which establish that, if the captain of the Flying Dutchman has someone to come home to at the end of his ten years, he can vacate the post to another. Leaving this scene on the cutting-room floor strips important Character Development from Tia Dalma, who knowingly condemned Davy Jones to a Fate Worse Than Death by not waiting for him, and Jones himself, whose fury is now more sympathetic. It also downgrades The Stinger from full-on Babies Ever After to a Bittersweet Ending.
    • An alternate scene of Jack and Elizabeth on the island in Curse of the Black Pearl after Elizabeth learns that the "grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow" boiled down to him spending three days "lying on a beach drinking rum" had her questioning whether there was any truth to the other stories that gave his reputation of as bad ass pirate, to which Jack responds by showing her various scars all over his arms and chest and then saying "None at all." Prior to this there was another scene where Elizabeth went for a walk around the island to dry herself off and then chastise Jack for wanting to trade Will for a ship, at which point Jack reveals that he never had any intention of doing any such thing, if only because Will was his ace in the hole.
  • Dyeing for Your Art: Many of the actors playing pirates have to wear false, rotten teeth, tanning lotion and contacts. Stellan Skarsgård's makeup took four hours to apply in Dead Man's Chest.
  • Enforced Method Acting:
    • The Black Pearl's crew screaming while rolling in the bone cages.
    • Will and Elizabeth's reaction to Jack's little "I've got a jar of dirt" song.
    • Will's reaction to witnessing Elizabeth's kiss of death at the end.
    • Used to some extent at the end of Dead Man's Chest. The cast was not told who would be returning, and were genuinely surprised to see Geoffrey Rush.
  • Executive Meddling: Disney execs (and fans of the theme park ride) freaked out on reports that Depp was getting his teeth capped with numerous gold teeth and piercings for what was originally intended to be a "kid friendly, spooky" companion film to the now-forgotten Haunted Mansion movie. Depp's way of handling this was to take out the offending accessories when the Disney handlers complained... and then put them right back on as soon as they walked away.
  • Hey, It's That Guy!:
    • Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow's dad? It seems to have a bit to do with the fact that Johnny Depp drew his primary inspiration for Jack Sparrow from Richards. So it was only natural that Richards would appear as the father of the character himself.
    • Anamaria is played by Zoe Saldana.
    • Steve is Commodore Norrington.
    • Sam Lowry is Elizabeth's father, Governor Swann.
    • Agent Kim is Hadras (the Dutchman crewman whose head kept getting knocked off) and Tai Huang (Sao Feng's main henchman).
    • The third movie has Heero Yuy basically promoting the use of hanging (all the while people are shown getting executed via the process).
    • Uncle Vernon shows up for some scene-stealing as King George.
    • Was that Judi Dench?!
    • The third Valmont shows up as Lt. Theodore Groves.
    • Ladbroc has a history of piracy.
  • Spiritual Licensee: The films have a great deal in common with the seafaring horror stories of William Hope Hodgson, especially "The Ghost Pirates" and "The Derelict".
  • Throw It In: Jack's "bring me that horizon" at the end of Black Pearl was ab-libbed by Johnny Depp.
    • When Barbossa tells Jack "we named the monkey Jack", Jack the Monkey cocks his head and grins. This was pure coincidence.
    • In On Stranger Tides, while Jack runs in the jungle, he trips and falls - and Johnny Depp made sure to keep into character, by hitting the hole with a sword once he got up again!
  • Word of Saint Paul: Johnny Depp has said that Jack Sparrow has syphilis.
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