Orlando Bloom wants to ‘get the band back together’ for Pirates Of The Caribbean

By Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Entertainment Reporter

Actor Orlando Bloom has said he thinks it would be “great to get the band back together” for a new Pirates Of The Caribbean project.

The 48-year-old, who plays Will Turner in the Disney film franchise, told ITV’s This Morning there is a chance the cast could reunite for a new instalment.

Asked if more Pirates Of The Caribbean features are possible, he said: “Well, I don’t know, I can’t say anything at the moment because I really don’t know, but there’s definitely availability.

“I think they’re trying to work out what it would all look like, I personally think it’d be great to get the band back together, that would be great, but there are always different ideas, and so we’ll see where it lands.”

Bloom also spoke about his latest film Deep Cover, which will be released on June 12, saying he took inspiration from Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher when constructing his character.

The Kent-born actor said: “When I read in the script that (his character) was a northern I was like, ‘who’s the iconic northerner that I know?’.

“Growing up I went to Knebworth and seeing Liam and the boys, the whole band, but Liam, he’s just got that swag, hasn’t he?

“I thought if I can get even close to that, I’d have a lot of fun trying, and it sort of lent itself, and I kind of imagined that (he) was sort of this desperate, out of work actor, maybe he worked at like a costume house or something.

“So he’d get really into the costume and what he was wearing, and the Liam look and everything, so it was a really great way into the character, and I had a lot of fun with it.”

The Pirates Of The Caribbean series has seen five feature films: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003); Dead Man’s Chest (2006); At World’s End (2007); On Stranger Tides (2011); and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017); along with the short film Pirates Of The Caribbean: Tales Of The Code: Wedlocked (2011).

The series is based on the Disneyland attraction of the same name, and follows the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp. It has also spawned a number of video games.