20 Disastrous Crew Visible Mistakes in Movies
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Cowboy
The grip is just standing there, looking out across the ocean in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
A diver also makes an appearance during the scene where Jack and the Commodore are planning to attack the cave.
If you look closely at the water, you will just see a glimpse of a green fin poking out of the water. It is hard to imagine a seasoned mobster such as Robert de Niro appearing as a pirate in a Disney movie, but he was offered the role of Captain Jack Sparrow before Johnny Depp.
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He turned it down believing that the pirate genre had passed its prime and that the movie would bomb at the box office. The decision turned out to be a huge mistake as the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise went on to earn almost $4 billion worldwide and netted Johnny Depp a cool $300 million.
Robert de Niro then went on to accept the role as Captain Shakespeare in “Stardust” which failed to make a splash with audiences.
