Joachim Rnning and Espen Sandberg explain how their filmmaking career has led them to Pirates of the Caribbean.
So its kind of in our blood a little bit.
I think our style, even with our independent movies before this, has been cinematic.
We like making movies for the big screen, and I think thats what Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney saw.
The two childhood friends did indeed begin making movies at a young age.
Inspired by films likeE.T.
We started just playing around and we were lucky to get an infomercial, he recalls.
But we managed to sit there at night and do it.
We were like 14, 15, and editing our movies.
I think that early experience was paramount for us to learn and become filmmakers.
In a weird way, its easier, says Sandberg.
I always want to make movies with a strong emotional core, says Rnning.
We really wanted to work on the characters, concurs Sandberg.
Same thing with Sparrow, we wanted this story to be personal for Jack.
Hes such a great character, but how did he come to be so great?
So we came with the idea to go back in time and see a young Jack.
So you just have to think of it as a blessing somehow.
We go to amazing places and its great fun.
At the same time its also an emotional movie.
I hope that it will move you.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesis out in theaters this Friday (May 26).
