‘I don’t think they need this project’: Margot Robbie on the cancellation of the female version of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’

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Margot Robbie could play the female version of Jack Sparrow, but that won’t happen. The Oscar nominee spoke about the closure of the project in a new interview with Variety.

We had an idea that we had been working on for a while a long time ago. It had more of a feminine, different kind of story that we thought was really cool,” the actress explained. – But I think they just do not need this project.

The release of the new film became known in June 2020 – then Variety reported that Disney was launching a new project written by screenwriter Christina Hodson. However, then the film company planned to restart the original “Pirates”, which were supposed to work on franchise veterans – producer and director Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter Ted Elliot, as well as the creator of “Chernobyl” Craig Mazin.

Then, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Bruckheimer confirmed that the “female” version of “Pirates of the Caribbean” will play Margot.

We are negotiating with Margot Robbie. We are developing two scripts for Pirates – one with her, the other without.

Recall that in total, all films of the franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean” with Johnny Depp in the title role have collected $ 1.5 billion at the box office in the United States and $ 3.07 billion worldwide. The first movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, was released in 2003 and became a global bestseller.

However, without a role in “Pirates” in Margot’s career, nothing is likely to change. — She is already in demand in Hollywood. This year, the actress starred in David O. Russell’s action thriller “Amsterdam” along with Robert De Niro, Rami Malek and Mike Myers, as well as in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”. And next year, a new picture from the author of “La La Land” will be released on the screens. — “Babylon”, where Brad Pitt will act as her partner.