Aside from Spider-Man 3, I think perhaps the worst film of the year (especially when you consider how many advantages it had going for it) may be Pirates of the Caribbean 3. So bad on so many levels… but at least it put the franchise to bed. Such a shame too… the first Pirates film was so amazing.
Anyway, although it took a huge drop in earnings compared to the second Pirates movie, it still made big coin for the studios, so there have still been persistent whispers about a possible Pirates 4. There may still be… but if they do a Pirates 4, at least it will be without one of the major drawbacks from the previous films… Keira Knightley.
Our friends over at Cinematical have this:
At the press junket for Atonement in Manhattan on Tuesday, one brave soul piped up during the roundtables to ask Keira Knightley if she was or was not interested in returning for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. You may remember that the third one ended on that rather ambiguous note, but then sort of doubled-back with a pretty definitive, boxed-into-a-corner end-credit teaser. Knightley seemed to be ready for this question and had a very definitive answer. She quickly responded, with a tone of sadness and seriousness in her voice, “I can’t imagine doing another one. That was an amazing experience, really was, totally extraordinary, but I think three for me is probably enough.”
Now don’t get me wrong… I have a very healthy respect for Knightley as an actress, but she was not up to her own standard in Pirates 2 or 3, and quite frankly the character itself was horribly annoying and ended up just being in the way. Her and Will (Orlando Bloom) were both dead weight in the last 2 films.
As much as I hated Pirates 3, I would be open to seeing more adventures of Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa minus the dead weight of Bloom and Knightley.
