Going Rogue Podcast

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ok so there were three commentary tracks on the film's DVD - the Keira Knightley and Jack Davenport one is actually the only one that doesn't cover the entire film, it's mostly just their scenes (meaning it operates as a largely Johnny Depp-free cut of the film).

I picked up the DVD from an op shop for like a dollar, it was one of the best selling DVDs of 2003 so there's loads of copies floating around.

fuck it here's part two of "Keira Knightley/Jack Davenport Pirates Commentary bits that live rent free in my head" feat. a lot of corset talk

andrew lesnie: sure did boss, real fuckin sexy, just like you asked.

peter jackson: ...what?

yeah megalopolis was great.

The line "nice hat" was not in the script, it was just everyone's reaction to that hat.

The first scene shot with Jack Sparrow is about halfway through the film, in Barbossa's cabin, and it features far less makeup because the actor had just come straight from a meeting with the chairman of Disney Studios (here it is compared to the scene straight after it, which was shot months later)

The initial costume concept drawings for Jack Sparrow vibe much more like Jack Rackham in Black Sails

The Black Pearl and Dauntless weren't actual ships, they were decks built on barges. This meant they were much higher than a normal deck and swayed more on the waves and everyone get really, really seasick. (Zoe Saldana had it worst). They were then given seasickness pills, which cured the vomiting and instead made everyone really sleepy.

The script for this movie is incredible to read but my two favourites parts have gotta be "holy smokes!" and "good Christian boy Will Turner"