The British actress plays a fiery stargazer in the fifth Pirates adventure.
At first, you kind of think shes just this princess and shes not really got anything about her.
I loved that about her, I remember finding that really inspiring and great to watch.
To get to be a part of that legacy is really cool.
I personally think Carinas probably the most progressive character weve ever had in the franchise.
Its so ironic that initially at first all the men in the movie think shes a witch.
Yeah, I know, right?
I think until the very end they still dont quite believe that shes not.
But shes just brilliant and shes definitely the smartest one on the boat.
At a start of a job, I always buy a notepad or notebook.
I always find a cover that for some reason represents the character or the movie to me.
Leading up to the shoot I will do a ton of notes.
Then the first day of shooting I close it, and I dont look at it again.
What was the cover of the notebook on this one?
You dont have too much time with Javier Bardem (Captain Salazar) on screen.
I was kind of there for all of that so I definitely got a feel of him.
Did you observe anything about the way they each work?
I think you pick up on the little traits and stuff.
It works for the characters as well.
You know Barbossas pretty calculated, so thats why I feel Geoffrey works in that way.
Wed discuss it briefly in the morning and then kind of see what happens in the scene.
Did you kind of have an instant bond, being the newbies on the set?
Whenever you have someone else thats in the same situation its great.
There were plenty of times, we would turn to each other and say, This is crazy.
Hed be like, Yeah, I know.
Okay cool, someone else is freaking out, I dont have to be the only one.
Does Johnny stay in character?
Kind of half and half.
it’s possible for you to still have a genuine conversation with him.
Hes always kind of got him in there.
This was reportedly a difficult shoot production shut down for a while and then resumed again.
What was the most challenging aspect of it all?
Six months is a really long time to shoot a movie.
Luckily we have an incredible crew that just dealt with it.
They really kind of picked up their socks and just started again.
Its great to see that work ethic.
I think we all missed home a lot, we missed our family and our friends.
With the time difference you cant just Facetime your mom, shes probably fast asleep.
You Facetime your best friend and theyre drunk and its six oclock in the morning for you.
That for me was definitely the most challenging aspect.
Did you get to explore some of Australia while you were there?
That was wonderful for me, I got to really reconnect with her and her kids.
My husband and I found an incredible waterfall out in the mountains.
That can get quite isolating.
He was an actor dog, I didnt even know that existed so that really impressed me.
The attention to detail on that set was absolutely incredible.
