'Pirates of the Caribbean 5' News, Spoilers: Paul McCartney Joins Cast; Sequel Said to 'Have the Feel of the First'
The highly anticipated fifth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise will reportedly include a music legend in its cast.
According to a report from Deadline, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning went back after the upcoming film had already been wrapped to shoot an extra scene built around music icon Paul McCartney. The legendary Beatles bassist is said to have quietly joined the film's cast and has shot a scene that will be added to "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales."
McCartney isn't the first British music superstar to appear in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards played Captain Teague, the father of Captain Jack Sparrow (franchise star Johnny Depp) in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011) and in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007).
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" sees the return of Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, and Orlando Bloom as Captain Will Turner. It introduces Javier Bardem as new villain Captain Salazar, Brendon Thwaites as Henry Turner, and Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth.
In an interview with Digital Spy, Scodelario described her character as "an astronomer" and "an academic."
"She's fighting for the right to study at university, because women couldn't at that time," the actress said.
The "Skins" alum also spoke about how the fantasy swashbuckler will closely resemble the first film in the series. "It [does have] a lot more of the first movie, that's what they wanted to bring it back to," the actress said. "They wanted it to have this epic journey, and for it to make sense, and for it to tie things up, and also lead to new storylines."
Rush echoed this comment in an interview with Variety, in which he recounted how Bruckheimer brought in "Kon-Tiki" directors Sandberg and Ronning, and how he enjoyed their approach to the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean."
"They were in high school when the first film came out and they said, 'We want to take it back to that comedy, that adventure, that swashbuckling,'" the actor said.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" drops May 26, 2017.
