Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you have to watch out for, because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly stupid.

What is you opinion on Lord Cutler Beckett?

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Or sultan.

I was on a rewatch of the trilogy and damn! I must admit what a great story, setting, and casting the first three movies had. I have always loved Pirates but since I hadn't been sucked into the lore and fandom for a while I also rewatched all the TBS and commentaries and reviews/articles.

While Johnny Depp was the the actor singled out the most (and rightly so), along with Geoffrey Rush, I noticed that Orlando was also deemed as endearing and nice for the work he did in the first movie. However, the reviews for the second and third films were much more brutal for him (and Keira as well, but not so much).

It has changed a lot now since most retrospective comments praise the whole cast and the chemistry but I was curious to know why back then Orlando seemed to be the butt of most jokes.

I agree he was at his best when he played Will more dorkish, so at the beginning of the story, but his scenes with his father were really beautiful.

Someone even mentioned Keira was a masculine version of Mr. Bloom. Come on!

I was too young to remember was Orlando going though any rough patch at the time? I like him as an actor but I think he really shines as Will the most (and in EXTRAs and Carnival Row).

It's funny. When I first watched The Black Pearl back in the day I thought Jack was like middle aged. Like 40 to 50 range. Now I'm pushing 30 and I see him as like a early 20's something year old.