Javier Bardem will be taking on the role of Captain Salazar in the fifth installment of the very popular pirate movie franchise officially titled “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”
Everyone knows already that Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, being the face of the franchise, will be back again to show off his misadventures and funny antics.
After skipping the fourth movie officially titled “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” Orlando Bloom will be back as Will Turner. But his character will be taking on a different aura because there is no more Elizabeth Swann, previously played by Keira Knightley, in the movie.
Will Turner will also be taking a backseat in the romance department because he no longer has a partner in the movie and will thus give way instead to the new couple in the upcoming film featuring Brenton Thwaites’ Henry and Kaya Scodelario’s Carina Smyth.
An interesting big bad
In addition to an interesting plotline, which would take back the franchise to its roots, given that the last two movies of the series were not warmly received by the viewers, one other thing that would make it exciting to watch is Captain Salazar.
Reports have it that Javier Bardem is doing very well playing Captain Salazar that he would actually be featured a lot in the movie, notes the Inquisitr.
Salazar was a captain who operated from the 18th century. He leads a deadly horde of ghost pirates and was an old nemesis of Captain Jack Sparrow. He believes that Captain Jack killed his brother. Salazar ended up at some point in a place known as the Devil’s Triangle, but he managed to escape with the goal of killing every pirate at sea and get his revenge on Captain Jack.
As the actor has shown in the James Bond movie “Skyfall” released in October 2012, Javier Bardem is a very good actor in taking on a big bad role. Those who have seen the previous James Bond movie before “Spectre” could very well remember his effeminate character with the removable jaw.
And if he takes his performance on “Skyfall” to “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” then Captain Jack Sparrow has all the right reasons to be scared and run away from Captain Salazar. And that would certainly add to the excitement in the upcoming movie when it hits global theaters sometime in July 2017.
The chase and the confrontation between Captain Salazar and Captain Jack, with all the ghost pirates, would sure be full of fun, excitement, and comedic moments too. It would be Captain Jack at his best again which was what the fans of the franchise sorely missed during the last two films of the franchise.
Supposed early release
The fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film was released in May 2011. Its follow-up should have happened this year but because it did not do well in the box-office four years ago, Disney pictures decided to put more thoughts on the fifth installment of the franchise, cites Moviepilot.
There were reports that budget was also an issue with the fifth film but considering that it is a Disney production, it seems like a no big deal at all.
While the fifth movie of the franchise appears to be a reboot of the whole thing, it is definitely not. The producers just decided to redirect the course of the fifth film after the last two movies of the franchise veered off course.
It was actually British actress Kaya Scodelario who said in a recent interview that “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” will be similar to the first film, which is considered a classic.
Scodelario disclosed that the upcoming fifth movie of series will be a lot more like the “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” which is the first movie of the franchise. She added that the story will go back to the beginning and tie things up.
The “Maze Runner” actress says her character in the “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” is Carina Smyth. She will be an astronomer and an academician and that she will be fighting for her right to study in the university because having women pursue such vocation is something not normal during the early days.