It was meant to be a quiet involvement for the iconic musician in the movie and the producers were trying their best to contain it but the information apparently found its way online and also in the media.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer along with Directors Ronning and Sandberg were actually the ones who called on the filming extension to add an extra big set-piece scene in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” built around Paul McCartney, reports Yibada.
Everybody seems to be mum on what role will McCartney be playing in the film but what seems confirmed is that the report of re-shooting was just a cover for the filming of the extra scene.
McCartney actually has a long list of movie credits to his name but his participation is mostly in coming up with songs for the films. The Beatles won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the movie “Let It Be” and McCartney’s memorable acting came playing as himself in “A Hard Day’s Night” shown in 1964 and “Help” in 1965, both of which had their counterpart Beatles’ song.
Early last March, the reports of the three-week filming extension of “Pirates of the Caribbean 5” in Vancouver was believed to be just corrective production work while the movie was already being edited in post-production.