It’s wild to suppose it has been virtually a decade because the newest of the Pirates of the Caribbean motion pictures got here out. On high of that, it is also been over 20 years because the blockbuster franchise started. Regardless of how a lot time has handed although, Disney’s swashbuckling franchise stays a treasure for the studio, and inside Orlando Bloom’s profession. Because the British actor not too long ago promoted 2025 film launch, he recalled the time he wanted to be satisfied to play Will Turner. Not solely that, however he additionally dropped ideas on reprising his famed position.
Orlando Bloom Nearly Turned Down Pirates Of The Caribbean For Being A ‘Loopy’ Concept
Earlier this yr, Bloom spoke about having “loads of respect” for his time on the Pirates motion pictures. The 48-year-old actor additionally revealed — whereas selling his new movie, Deep Cowl — that it really took some convincing for him to purchase into the idea of the movie sequence. As he recalled to L’Officiel:
My agent stated, Disney desires to make a film based mostly on a theme park experience, and I used to be like, That is loopy?
Whereas the thought of creating a film out of a Disney theme park experience looks like a no brainer today. Nonetheless, solely a few these sorts of movies had hit theaters earlier than The Curse of the Black Pearl did in 2003, they usually weren’t that profitable. So Orlando Bloom wasn’t positive it was a good suggestion. Nonetheless, when he was provided the position, he was working with Geoffrey Rush (a.okay.a. Captain Hector Barbosa of the Pirates sequence) on the movie Ned Kelly. It was on that set that Rush assured Bloom it was a good suggestion to take the position, and now the latter jokes:
Geoffrey Rush says I owe him 10 %.
Orlando Bloom went on to star as Will Turner alongside Johnny Depp and Kiera Knightley in 4 out of the 5 Pirates of the Caribbean motion pictures. To at the present time, Will stays one among Bloom’s most beloved film characters proper behind Legolas in The Lord of the Rings movies. I’m positive he’s grateful he listened to Rush!
Orland Bloom Shares Ideas On Returning To The Pirates Franchise
That brings us to the way forward for Pirates of the Caribbean, which has remained in flux ever because the fifth film hit cinemas in 2017. Over time, there have been loads of studies about what’s occurring with the franchise. There have been claims that counsel each a reboot and continuation to the sequence starring Johnny Depp are within the works. Right here’s what Bloom instructed ITV’s This Morning about his ideas about returning as Turner (through Wales On-line):
Properly, I do not know, I am unable to say something in the mean time as a result of I actually do not know, however there’s undoubtedly availability. I feel they’re making an attempt to work out what it might all seem like, I personally suppose it would be nice to get the band again collectively, that might be nice, however there are at all times completely different concepts, and so we’ll see the place it lands.
On the finish of 2024, it was confirmed that there are two scripts for Pirates 6 in existence, one with Depp’s Jack Sparrow and one with out him. And, earlier this week, there was buzz relating to a rumor about Depp being in “superior” negotiations with Disney to play the beloved pirate as soon as once more. Presently, we’re undoubtedly taking these claims with a grain of salt for now. Nonetheless, it’s nice to listen to that Bloom continues to be up for extra years after practically turning down the franchise’s authentic movie.
As we speculate about what could possibly be subsequent for Pirates of the Caribbean, see Orlando Bloom in Deep Cowl, which lands on Amazon Prime Video on June 12.