The box office juggernaut that almost made Zoe Saldana stop acting

Saldaña did not do that change Her opinion over the 10 years since that interview with The Hollywood Reporter, but in more recent interviews, she’s seemed more moderate when talking about “pirates.” in 2022 interview with Entertainment Weeklyfocused less on the “elitist” atmosphere and more on being a set with a lot of moving pieces, as an inexperienced actor like her struggled to keep up.

“It was my first exposure to a big Hollywood blockbuster, where there were so many actors, so many producers, so many crew members. We were shooting in different locations, and the environments were not suitable for filming sometimes. I was very young, and “It’s a bit big for me, and the pace was a bit fast.”

One reason Saldana’s anger may have been calmed was because “Pirates” producer Jerry Bruckheimer reached out to her and apologized for her negative experience. Saldana said,In an interview with BBC) that Bruckheimer’s apology “seemed very honorable” to her. In an interview with Buzzfeed UK, She spoke most fondly of Curse of the Black Pearl – “What a wonderful film. It had a diverse cast as well, of all ages, from all walks of life, but it was a difficult production. It was very big!” “It was too big a machine for me, too out of control.”

Saldaña was, once again, the only Pirates star who was so upset by the photo shoot that she didn’t return. However, other accounts support their claims that it was an anarchist group. The film was shot over a period of five months (October 2002 to March 2003) between locations in Los Angeles and on location on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean Sea. Michael Eisner, then CEO of Disney, didn’t trust the project either, which meant inconsistent support from the top.

Speaking to Collider in 2021, “Pirates” director Gore Verbinski noted that it’s just chaos more During the simultaneous filming of “Dead Man’s Chest” and “At World’s End”.

“After the success of ‘Curse of the Black Pearl,’ ‘Pirates 2’ and ‘3’ are starting to fall into the ‘release date-driven experience.’ There’s a calendar and dates and ‘we need two more of these kids.’” When can you do it? ?” So you don’t have scripts and you’re making a film until the release date.”

If Saldaña couldn’t handle how “big” the first “Pirates” shoot was, I can’t imagine she would have been happy shooting the second and third takes. I I’m glad she stayed in Hollywood despite the bad first impression.