"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" is on the horizon and there's a chance it's actually going to be good.
Orlando Bloom assured us we'll be seeing something of a return to form, with the new movie resembling the first Pirates film.
"I've seen the movie and
it's fantastic," he said. "For a lot of people, the first movie is their
favourite and they wanted to bring the film back into line with that.
So the narrative is similar. They didn't overload the special effects.
"When
you're seeing some of these action set- pieces, they actually got
filmed, people were actually there doing that, as it was in Pirates 1, 2, and 3, that I was involved in.
"I was inside the water wheel as it was running down the hill [in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest], I was on top of it on a wire, all that stuff was real. "It was totally nuts but really cool that they did it like that, and they've done it like that again.
"In the world of
film-making that's an extremely expensive thing to do. A lot of stuff,
some of the tentpole movies, you can feel like you're looking at actors
in front of a blue screen. A lot of talented artists and visual FX
specialists are doing a lot of the stuff in the background.
"I
think there's a space for everything, but what I love about this film
is that it's a throwback to the first and it's authentic like that."
Bloom said that he's not
in the film a massive amount and instead is setting his son (played by
Brenton Thwaites) off on his own journey.
"He
was very sweet, he wanted to hear the anecdotes of the time we spent
and I think he felt really good about being a part of something that has
such a legacy behind it," Bloom said.
Right now, you can watch Bloom take on a smaller-scale, grittier movie with Unlocked,
where he stars opposite Noomi Rapace – she's a counter terrorism agent
and he's a guy who tries to rob her (though he's got a dark secret).
"He's
this sort of hired gun, this sort of ne'er-do-well, rough around the
edges," the actor explained. "I sort of imagine him as ex-military but
he was probably kicked out for all the wrong reasons."
It's directed by Michael Apted, who made Bond movie The World Is Not Enough, though Unlocked feels closer to a Jason Bourne movie.
"This is a like a
female Bourne," said Bloom. "It's a strong powerful role that Noomi
plays and I was super happy to support her in that and I thought the
movie was a great role for a powerful female."
So would Bloom like to see a female Bond?
"Yeah, I'm all for strong women," he said. 'We're living in a world today where people are open to all of that."
Unlocked is in cinemas now.
