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Two Interviews: Keira & Orlando and Johnny; These cracked me up!
Topic Started: Aug 3 2006, 05:56 AM (343 Views)
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I came across these articles on the Keira Knightley board on...nevermind. Let's just say I found them and leave it at that. ;) Enjoy them! I know they made me laugh (especially Keira and Orlando, you can tell they've become good friends).

[size=7]Interview Of Bloom & Knightley About 'Pirates 2&3':[/size]
Even buccaneers in the furthest oceans of the world will know by now that Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has made a kraken- sized splash at the box-office. But before the movie's crew headed off to toast their success with a warm flagon of grog, we caught up with them to talk about the making of the franchise's second chapter and what awaits on the horizon. British stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley sat down together to talk "bastard" sword fights, invisible monsters and being left out of the theme-park ride...
How far do the two of you go back?

Keira: We did a couple of auditions together before Pirates, didn’t we?

Orlando: Yeah, we did.

Yeah, don’t think we ever got any of them.

Orlando: Well, you did.

Keira: I know, yeah I did, didn’t I? I did, you didn’t!

Orlando: I turned it down; I didn’t want to do it. (Laughs)

What was it like revisiting these characters?

Keira: It was great. It was quite scary actually. I’ve never done a sequel before, and I’ve always said that I think any of the characters I’ve played, if I played them now, I’d play them completely differently to what I did. So it was weird trying to find continuity with the character that I played when I was 17. We actually had big problems because she was quite black-and-white in the first film — she was very straight laced and we couldn’t really see how to carry her on. So we went off into a grungier look for her, which was really exciting actually. I don’t know if there is actually any continuity from the first film but it was fun anyway.

Orlando: If was good for me too, yeah. The introduction of Bootstrap Bill Turner, who plays my father, was a really great new dynamic for me. I’ve got to get the girl, but I’ve also got to save my dad from a fate worse than death, being sort of condemned to Davy Jones’ crew at the bottom of the ocean. So it was something cool to play with.

Keira: When we did the first film, nobody thought it was going to work. We were doing a film based on a theme park ride, and a pirate film hadn’t worked in 50 years, and everyone was just going, “This is going to be awful.” So to come back and do a sequel to something that was such a surprise success was lovely.

Both of you have more action scenes this time…

Keira: I think for both of us, it is important to do as much of the action ourselves as possible. It’s really boring if you’re doing an action movie when you’re not really involved with the action. So we did a couple of weeks’ training before we started and then throughout we were with the stunt department.
Keira: You pop in a couple of hours of sword training, fight with team work and basically learn the set-pieces as the movie goes along.

Keira, you don’t have to wear a corset this time. Was that a contract stipulation?

Keira: (Laughs) I love the idea that I could say that: ‘Yes, I’m only coming back if you don’t make me wear a corset.’ I did got a pair of pirate boots this time, which is definitely an advantage to the shoe and stocking routine, in the first movie, which I hated. Apparently little girls really responded to the more action-y side of Elizabeth from the first film, and so they decided to take her on that road. But no, I had nothing to do with it. I had nothing to do with the kiss either, although I was very happy when I read that there was one.

Orlando: Which one was that? (Both laugh)

Which of you is the better with a sword? Rumour has it Keira’s pretty good…

Orlando: Yeah, and she knows how to kiss. (Pretends to be in a sulk) Me and Johnny are just fluff.

Keira: I swear I shot more sword fighting than what was in the movie, so I couldn’t have been as good as I thought I was!

Orlando: I’ll tell you what — the three-way sword fight was an absolute bastard to shoot. It took about two and half weeks. I suppose it was a nice set-piece in the movie but it was ridiculous doing that. We actually had a giant wheel and were in it and then on top of it. They had a giant bluescreen arm attached to the back of a truck and then dragged it down the hill. It was mad. A lot of work went into all of the sequences, but that one particularly. It’s quite spectacular.

How do you keep a straight face when Johnny Depp’s in full flow as Jack Sparrow?

Orlando: Just don’t look at Johnny!

Keira: Yeah, don’t look at Johnny! Ignore him, at all costs! He was actually quite nice, because he wouldn’t do the whole Jack Sparrow routine if the camera was on you. As soon as the camera was turned around, it was different. You couldn’t give him off-camera lines because you were laughing too much. I think there will be a lot of outtakes of everybody pissing themselves.

Orlando: The gag-reel will be good.

Keira: Yeah, the gag-reel will be very good. I just remember the crew standing around with tears running down their faces, because they were desperately trying to keep it in as we were filming. It was brilliant.

The bone-cage stunts look like they were pretty dangerous to do…

Orlando: We were actually inside the vine cage, which was hanging, and there was a wire hanging from a crane. We were told what was going to happen, and they just dropped the cage. We were terrified. Everyone’s stomachs leapt, I think a couple of people threw up, and it just started to swing. It was hilarious, terrifying and very much like we were on a theme park ride.

On the subject of theme park rides, have you been on the original Pirates Of The Caribbean one?

Keira: I haven’t been on the new one… it’s been redone, hasn’t it?

Orlando: I have. It was really good, they’ve got Johnny coming up three times! It’s quite interesting.

Keira: We’re not in it are we?

Orlando: No, I think we should speak to somebody about that.

Keira: We’ve been left out!

Orlando: I went on the ride for the first time last year, for the premiere of the first movie, and you kind of go, ‘Wow, this really isn’t that exciting.’ It’s a bit of a wet ride really.

Bill Nighy’s a natty dresser usually. How did he cope with wearing an unflattering motion-capture suit?

Keira: (Laughs) Yeah, he was wearing this really nasty grey tracksuit the whole time, with dots everywhere. He did say he wanted to do a pirate movie to get the big pirate hat, and there he is in a skin-tight grey tracksuit. I felt really sorry for him.

What was the hardest scene for each of you to do in part two?

Orlando: Mine was actually a sequence with Davy Jones where I’m peeking through the tentacles, because there weren’t any tentacles there. So it was kind of an odd thing to be doing.

Keira: Any of the scenes with the Kraken, when the Kraken was attacking the ship, because there was absolutely nothing there. It was mostly the director Gore, running around going, “I’m a tentacle, I’m a tentacle!” So that was a bit difficult. And he was trying to explain it to us, he’s like, “Yeah, you know, it’s just like a big squid.” It’s like, ‘Right, good, okay.’ So I think that was quite problematic.

How has fame changed your lives?

Keira: I’ve got a bigger trailer now, which is a real bonus. It does! It makes a difference, doesn’t it? I’ve got my own toilet and everything. It’s wonderful.

Orlando: You can have friends to stay.

Keira: Yeah!

Orlando: Going through airports is more interesting now than it used to be.

Keira: I had a great one actually. I went to the Toronto Film Festival because Pride & Prejudice was on there, but I had to get back, literally the next morning to be on the set for Pirates, so I couldn’t stay for the film, I had, no time. I did the red carpet in this very tight dress, and had to go to the airport straight away, in my red carpet dress. Looking a bit like Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot, tottering through the airport. It’s the one and only time I haven’t been stopped by security. So that was quite good.

What do you think of Keith Richards joining the cast for Pirates 3?

Orlando: Well, if he doesn’t kill himself falling out of a coconut tree…

Keira: It’ll be great!

Keira: (Pause) We could have given something away there..

Are you Rolling Stones fans?

Keira: Yeah!

Orlando: Absolutely, who’s not? Can’t wait to see him. (To Keira) Are you in any of that stuff?

Keira: Yeah I am. You’re not though.

Orlando: No, I’m not. I’m going to be on set anyway though!

Orlando: Oops!

Hmm… Can you give us any other idea of what to expect story-wise in part three?

Both: No!


[size=7]Johnny Depp's Interview About 'Pirates 2': [/size]
Even buccaneers in the furthest oceans of the world will know by now that Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has made a kraken- sized splash at the box-office. But before the movie's crew headed off to toast their success with a warm flagon of grog, we caught up with them to talk about the making of the franchise's second chapter and what awaits on the horizon. Star Johnny Depp and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were on understandably cheerful form, happy to chat about "Barbie jags", body language and the mysteries of the next instalment....
Johnny, was the second movie as fun to make as the first? And how many more of Jack’s adventures can we expect?Depp: As long as the story is there, as long as all the elements are there, why not? I’d be happy to keep going. I just very selfishly enjoy playing the character. I love playing the guy. Purely because it’s fun, nothing more you know. Acting’s never been about counting money in a back room for me. So, if these guys wanted to continue on, on this same ride, if everything was in the right place and the story was good, I’d stay on the ride for sure. I’m surprised they pay me for it, actually…

Bruckheimer: Don’t say that in front of Disney!

Did you have any idea making the first one that Pirates would turn out to be such a massive franchise?

Depp: Absolutely not, I had gotten used to the idea of never having a successful film. I was pretty comfy in that. It was a terrific shock for me. I’m still babbling about it.

Do you feel vindicated after Disney’s negative initial reaction to your performance?

Depp: It’s an enormous surprise, the fact that people took the character in and really supported me. At a certain point, as Jerry knows as well as I do, some of the better- dressed people at Disney were having a difficult time with my interpretation of the character. I felt like I’ve accomplished something, because it affected them to that degree. I just believed in it. So it felt really good then, and it still feels really good. The fact that audiences came in and supported me was a win-win situation.

Disney must be relieved that the risk they took with the first film has paid off so spectacularly. Has all that tension between filmmakers and studio vanished?

Depp: Pretty much, but they haven’t seen part three yet… (Laughs) It’s a strange thing, Gore and I were talking about this a couple of weeks ago. If you’re not making them really nervous, you feel like you’re not doing your job fully. (Pause) Part three should be interesting.
How much work have you put into developing Jack’s very distinctive walk and woozy movements?Depp: What are you saying? (Laughs) I suppose Jack’s body language came from extreme heat. I locked myself in a sauna for a long period of time… by the way I don’t recommend that to anyone, no-one should do that. I thought at the time, out on these open seas for long, long periods of time, he would be subjected to the elements. So what happens when you lock yourself in a very, very hot place is it starts to affect the way you move and you get very, very uncomfortable and that is how Jack’s movement was born.

What’s it like seeing one of your characters entering the popular consciousness in such a massive way?

Depp: It’s obviously very touching when you see a kid dressed up as your character, because a couple of years ago the character didn’t exist. So to see some little kid that affected by something you’ve done is moving. At the same time, though it’s probably not a good idea, I could have seen little kids dressing up as Ed Wood or Raoul Duke.

What’s the story with Keith Richards? Is he definitely going to play Jack’s dad in the next movie?

Depp: We’re all looking forward to the idea of Keith coming and doing a cameo, and it’s looking very, very good. Nothing’s definite until the guy steps on set and the camera is rolling. But it’s certainly something I’m excited about.

Jerry, is it intentional to have so many British actors in the cast?

Bruckheimer: Yeah. Gore was looking for wonderful character actors, and in America unfortunately our great character actors are a lot more chewed up on television. But the British actors who are wonderful are not chewed up by American television, which is great. They are really fresh to American audiences and worldwide audiences

Johnny, how was working with Bill Nighy?

Depp: Bill is one of my all-time heroes, one of the finest actors that have ever done anything. He is just miraculous to watch. I probably would have fallen over laughing had he been all tentacled up. In fact, he was doing his work in a glorified prison suit. It was strange, a grey and black thing with little ping-pong balls all over it. So just that alone was fascinating to look at. It was really that that kept me from giggling all the time at Bill.

This is your first sequel. Are there any other characters you’d like to return to?

Depp: Years and years ago, I always thought a sequel to Edward Scissorhands would have been a good idea — that character felt like we hadn’t explored all the possibilities. There was more to do. Obviously Twentieth Century Fox felt differently. I think it might have had something to do with money...

Do you leave your characters on the set, or do you occasionally practise things at home?

Depp: Well, I sit down and play Barbies with my kids from time to time — we all do, we can freely admit we play Barbies — and it’s a great way as an actor to experiment with voice and things. I start to assume characters and my daughter will just sort of go, “Umm, papa, could you just, sort of…do your regular voice?” There was only one time when she was totally taken aback — when I was trying to find the voice of Willy Wonka. She stopped and said, “Who’s that?” I said, “I think it’s Willy Wonka”, and she said, “I like it.”

Do you miss your characters once they’ve gone?

Depp: Absolutely. There is always that certain time that arrives when the clock starts ticking and then you have to say goodbye. Though it sounds horribly silly for a middle-aged man to admit, I do go through a kind of decompression. You miss these guys. You know you’re never going to see them again in that capacity, you won’t look at them again. They may rear their ugly heads with me, every now and again, when I go into one of my Barbie jags, but you don’t get to play them again. I’m not looking forward to saying goodbye to Jack Sparrow. (To Bruckheimer) Hint, hint.

Jerry, are you thinking beyond the third film?

Bruckheimer: Yes we are. We’re hoping to continue the series of films. Audiences seem to love it and we love making it so hopefully we’ll get the same team back together again and make another one. Everybody seems to have enjoyed making the second one as much as the first one so we’ll have everybody back and have some fun again.

Johnny, where would you like to see yourself in ten years time?

Depp: Hanging out with my kids, somewhere where phones don’t ring, and where there’s a lot of sun. I think that’d be fine.

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Hahaha, those are awesome, PG! Thanks for putting them up!!!! :D
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Yes, thank you PG. I love being obsessed with this movie!!!!

Though I'm not sure how I feel about making more than three movies. To me, it seems like it'd turn into another Rocky series. Ya know, years down the road people will be joking about making a POTC 15. Just loses its flavor and appeal.
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Great stuff, thanks for sharing.

Strange to note that Keira should be better with a sword than Orlando, Orlando did quite a bit of swordplay in Lord Of The Rings. Oh well, perhaps they were just joking a bit there.
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Thanks for posting this! Great stuff. :D

"some of the better- dressed people at Disney"... :P

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Strange to note that Keira should be better with a sword than Orlando, Orlando did quite a bit of swordplay in Lord Of The Rings. Oh well, perhaps they were just joking a bit there.

Yeah, I'm sure Orlando was just to polite to say he could kick Keira's @ss. :P (Besides, what would he have to gain by saying it? Everyone can pretty much guess that he's better, but if he said so, he'd just be some pretentious impolite jerk.)

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Yeah, don’t look at Johnny! Ignore him, at all costs! He was actually quite nice, because he wouldn’t do the whole Jack Sparrow routine if the camera was on you. As soon as the camera was turned around, it was different.

That must be difficult to do, for JD... always switching the character on and off, as it were. But then, maybe it doesn't work that way.
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That must be difficult to do, for JD... always switching the character on and off, as it were. But then, maybe it doesn't work that way.

Somewhere in another interview (with Gore or Jerry, I can't remember now), they said that Johnny can turn Jack off and on like a switch. It's apparently the first character that he's ever played where he's able to do that, and it seems to be because Jack is such a part of him. Or that Jack is really the most like Johnny himself, so it's easy for JD to just fall right into it. :) I just love that--that Jack and Johnny are really so....inseparable, as it were. :D

LMAO at JD and his 'Barbie jags'. That line was just priceless! :lol:

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I think my favorite parts of the Keira and Orlando interview was when they were talking to each other. You can tell they're really comfortable around each other and that they're great friends now. They're so hilarious! Like when they're talking about the additions to the ride and Keith Richards.

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Keira: Yeah!

Orlando: Absolutely, who’s not? Can’t wait to see him. (To Keira) Are you in any of that stuff?

Keira: Yeah I am. You’re not though.

Orlando: No, I’m not. I’m going to be on set anyway though!


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Yeah, Kiera and Orlando do seem to be very comfortable with each other. But then again, from what I've seen of Orlando, he's a very affectionate person.

Johnny is fantastic, as always. I think Jack Sparrow was the character he was born to play. The rest of his career was building up to Jack.
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