Keira Knightley to Disney: I Don’t Wanna Be a Pirate!

Posted by Robin Ruinsky (robin@filmschoolrejects.com) on September 29, 2008

We all know that Johnny Depp has signed on to reprise Captain Jack Sparrow in yet another Pirates of the Caribbean film. Now there’s word, via MTV, that Keira Knightley is balking at the prospect of stepping back into Elizabeth Swann’s corsets or the film.

Why do I keep hearing Jerry Seinfeld whining: “I don’t wanna be a pirate!”

Is it true that Knightley is sick of the character, her flowing blouses and tight corsets? Or is there enough money in Disney’s coffers to make the actress willing to return?

When last we left Elizabeth Swann she was patiently waiting for her yearly visits with Will Turner, the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman. The pair has a nine year old son at the end of the film. Is there a story line to accommodate this happy family that would work in a new Pirates movie?

I would assume there’s enough money left to throw at Knightley to lure her back.  The word is Disney offered Depp a nice chunk of treasure from Disney’s locker to lure him back to playing Sparrow.

What do I think? I don’t think we need more Pirates of the Caribbean, but we know Disney doesn’t care what I think. So, since there will be yet another romp into the Pirate world dump the Will/Elizabeth love story and let Johnny Depp run amok as Jack Sparrow.

What do you think? Should there even be another Pirates movie? And if there is do you care if Knightley refuses to strap on the corset again?

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