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What Orlando Bloom has said about returning to Pirates movies after Keira Knightley makes heartbreaking admission

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Updated 14:32 12 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 14:42 28 Nov 2024 GMT

What Orlando Bloom has said about returning to Pirates movies after Keira Knightley makes heartbreaking admission

Orlando Bloom has opened up about a possible return as Will Turner in the past

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

As Keira Knightley recently made a heartbreaking admission about the Pirates of the Carribean films, attention will now likely turn to her co-star Orlando Bloom.

Bloom, Knightley, and Johnny Depp starred in the iconic 2000s trilogy together with Bloom and Knightley both departing the series as main characters for the fourth and fifth instalments.

Keira Knightley spoke out recently in an interview ahead of her new Netflix series Black Doves and was asked about the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and whether she’d ever return to that, or similarly large scale movies.

What Keira Knightley has said about Pirates of the Caribbean

She told The Times in an interview that she feels she was ‘taken down so publicly’ for being in the Pirates films, saying: “It's a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time.

"I was seen as s**t because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for [Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game].

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Knightley opened up in a recent interview (Disney)
Knightley opened up in a recent interview (Disney)

“They were the most successful films I'll ever be a part of and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly.

"So, they're in a very confused place in my head."

She went on to say that she had to take ‘many years of therapy’ to cope with the fame that came with the films and stated that she would not return to big franchises like Pirates any time soon.

Orlando Bloom on Pirates return

While Knightley understandably doesn’t fancy revisiting Pirates, many will wonder if Orlando Bloom wants to make a return.

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Bloom has already made a small return as Will Turner in a supporting role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge alongside a cameo from Knightley.

When asked about returning again in a possible upcoming film, however, he didn’t turn down the idea.

He told a crowd at ACE Superhero Comic Con: “Look, those experiences and those movies were phenomenal. Working with that team was so great.

Bloom and Knightley starred as Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan (Disney)
Bloom and Knightley starred as Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan (Disney)

“Jerry [Bruckheimer] produced these amazing movies. Never say never.

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“I don’t know what the premise is, I haven’t heard yet. But I think that world was phenomenal.

“We built a world there that was very unique. I definitely had a lot of fun doing that.

“If there was something really fun and cool to do, I would do that. I think they’ve got all sorts of ideas that we could see. There’s plenty of ocean out there.”

He also said when speaking to Parade: “Gosh, you know, I did get to go back and play Legolas in The Hobbit, which was 10 years later. I was like, 'This is a lot of fun!'

“Because he's such a great space to be in, and I think Will [Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean]—I mean Will's so great.

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“I wouldn't mind seeing what Will looked like today in some ways, because he was such this earnest guy, but after rumbling around the bottom of the ocean for as long as he would have done at this point, it'd be interesting to see how he surfaces and what he's like.”

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has previously stated that there are two upcoming Pirates films.

Featured Image Credit: Darren Gerrish via Getty Images / Disney

Topics: Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Netflix, TV and Film, Film

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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