History Trivia / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl

* FakeBrit: [[Series/OnceUponATime Lee Arenberg]] does a pretty decent cockney accent as Pintel.
* FakeNationality:
** Australian Creator/GeoffreyRush doing a typical 'pirate' voice, implying that Barbossa originates from somewhere in the British Isles.

** American Creator/JohnnyDepp gives Jack a Cockney accent, drawing inspiration from [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]].

* HeAlsoDid: One of the writers for this movie was Creator/JayWolpert- better known in the game show community as a creator of off-the-wall or just plain ''weird'' shows.

*** Creator/JimCarrey was approached for the part of Jack Sparrow as well, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/BruceAlmighty''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/RikMayall, and Creator/CaryElwes were also considered for the role of Jack Sparrow.

*** Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/ChristianBale, and Creator/JudeLaw were also considered for the role of Will Turner.
** Creator/SophiaMyles was the second choice for the part of Elizabeth Swann before Creator/KeiraKnightley was cast.
*** Creator/AmandaBynes, Creator/JessicaAlba, and Creator/JaimieAlexander were considered for Elizabeth Swann as well .

*** Creator/JimCarrey was also approached for the part of Jack Sparrow, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/BruceAlmighty''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/RikMayall, and Creator/CaryElwes were considered for the role of Jack Sparrow as well.

** Creator/AmandaBynes, Creator/JessicaAlba, and Creator/JaimieAlexander were considered for Elizabeth Swann before Creator/KeiraKnightley was cast. Creator/SophiaMyles was the runner up.

** Creator/AmandaBynes, Creator/JessicaAlba, and Creator/JaimieAlexander were considered for Elizabeth Swann before Creator/KeiraKnightley was cast.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/RicardoTejedo and Eduardo Tejedo, who respectively voiced Jack and Ragetti in the Latin American Spanish dub, are father and son.

*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/RikMayall, and Creator/CaryElwes were considered for the role of Jack Sparrow as well before the casting of Depp.

*** Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/ChristianBale, and Creator/JudeLaw were also considered for the role of Will Turner before the casting of Bloom.

*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/RikMayall, and Creator/CaryElwes were considered for Jack Sparrow as well before the casting of Depp.
** Creator/HeathLedger was the runner-up for the role of Will Turner before the casting of Creator/OrlandoBloom.
*** Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/ChristianBale, and Creator/JudeLaw were also considered for the part of Will Turner before the casting of Bloom.

** Creator/RobertDeNiro was initially offered the role of Captain Hector Barbossa before the casting of Creator/GeoffreyRush. However, De Niro turned it down as he thought the movie wouldn't be successful at the box office. De Niro would later [[Main/OldShame regret his decision]] after the film's success and accepted the part of Captain Shakespeare in ''Film/{{Stardust}}''.

* FakeBrit: Creator/LeeArenberg does a pretty decent cockney accent as Pintel.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The script was originally written back in the 90s, Creator/StevenSpielberg getting ahold of it and wanting to direct--with Creator/BillMurray, Creator/SteveMartin or Creator/RobinWilliams playing Jack. Disney however would not allow the movie to be made.

** Producers actually considered releasing the film direct to video. Reportedly if they had, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/RikMayall and Creator/CaryElwes would have been their choices for the leads.
** Jack Sparrow was written with Creator/HughJackman in mind. However as Jackman was not as well known to American audiences yet, Disney chose to cast Creator/JohnnyDepp as a more recognizable star. Creator/MatthewMcConaughey was also considered.
** Originally titled just ''Pirates of the Caribbean''. The subtitle was added in the hopes that a sequel could be produced if it did well.

** Former Batman actors Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/ChristianBale were both reportedly considered for the lead roles, Keaton as Jack Sparrow and Bale as Will Turner, respectively. Creator/JimCarrey was offered the role of Jack, but he was busy with ''Film/BruceAlmighty''.
** Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/TobeyMaguire were considered for Will. Creator/TomHiddleston auditioned.
** Creator/JessicaAlba auditioned for Elizabeth.
** Creator/RobertDeNiro turned down either Jack or Barbossa because he thought that pirate movies were box office poison. He regretted that decision, and later appeared as a pirate in ''Film/{{Stardust}}''.
** Johnny Depp apparently lobbied hard for Jack to have once had his nose cut off and sewn back on, and as a result was deathly afraid of losing it again. He even tried to suggest that the nose be slightly blue. This was rejected for being too weird.

** Australian Creator/GeoffreyRush doing a typical 'pirate' voice, implying that Barbossa is either Scottish or Irish.
** American Creator/JohnnyDepp gives Jack an ambiguous accent that's meant to show he's travelled the world. It's not quite English and not quite Australian.

* UnderageCasting: Creator/KeiraKnightley was just sixteen at the time but YoungerThanTheyLook.

* StarMakingRole: Although she'd gotten attention with ''Film/TheHole'' and ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'', this brought Creator/KeiraKnightley to international attention. It also had the effect of typecasting her as a SpiritedYoungLady in period films. She initially tried to avoid this with projects like ''Film/TheJacket'', ''{{Film/Domino}}'' and ''Film/KingArthur''--but eventually she gave in and got nominated for an Oscar in ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice''.

* FakeBrit: Lee Arenberg does a pretty decent cockney accent as Pintel.

* UnbuiltCastingType: Here in her breakout role, Keira Knightley plays a SpiritedYoungLady who ends up on a pirate ship and is proved to be NotSoAboveItAll. Her ProperLady qualities are also played for plenty of laughs. She almost feels like she's parodying the various coming of age ladies she'd be typecast as.
* UnderageCasting: Keira Knightley was just sixteen at the time but YoungerThanTheyLook.

** Jack Sparrow was written with Creator/HughJackman in mind. However as Jackman was not as well known to American audiences yet, Disney chose to cast Creator/JohnnyDepp as a more recognisable star. Creator/MatthewMcConaughey was also considered.

** Creator/RobertDeNiro turned down either Jack or Barbossa because he thought that pirate movies were box office poison. He regretted that decision, and later appeared as a pirated in ''Film/{{Stardust}}''.

** Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/TobeyMaguire were considered for Will.

* BigBraToFill: Creator/KeiraKnightley claims she was padded "to make it look like there was something there" and cleavage was actually airbrushed in. She gleefully points out on the commentary the only scene where she's not padded.
* BillingDisplacement: Keira Knightley is the fourth billed of the leads, due to being the only unrecognisable name at the time - when Elizabeth is a more prominent character than Barbossa (who does not appear until nearly forty minutes in).

** Australian Geoffrey Rush doing a typical 'pirate' voice, implying that Barbossa is either Scottish or Irish.
** American Johnny Depp gives Jack an ambiguous accent that's meant to show he's travelled the world. It's not quite English and not quite Australian.
** Zoe Saldana also affects an ambiguously Afro-Caribbean accent for Anamaria.
* FollowTheLeader: Came out after another throwback to a dormant period genre film ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. The Nostalgia Chick pointed out how both also were gritty in style but having a supernatural veneer. Not to mention the musical pieces they have that often get compared to each other.

** The script was originally written back in the 90s, Creator/StevenSpielberg getting ahold of it and wanting to direct--with Creator/BillMurray, Creator/SteveMartin or Creator/RobinWilliams playing Jack. Disney however would not allow the movie to be made.

** Former Batman actors Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/ChristianBale were both reportedly considered for the lead roles, Keaton as Jack Sparrow and Bale as Will Turner, respectively.

* FollowTheLeader: Came out after another throwback to a dormant period genre film ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. The Nostalgia Chick pointed out how both also were gritty in style but having a supernatural veneer. Not to mention the musical pieces they have that often get compared to each other (likely because Hans Zimmer did the score for both).

* FakeBrit: Lee Arenberg does a pretty decent cockney accent as Ragetti.

* FollowTheLeader: Came out after another throwback to a dormant period genre film ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. The Nostalgia Chick pointed out how both also were gritty in style but having a supernatural veneer. Not to mention the musical pieces they have that often get compared to each other.

* WordOfGod: The first names of several characters in this are revealed on the DVDCommentary--Weatherby for Governor Swann, Hector for Barbossa and James for Norrington. All names were later made Canon in the sequels.

** Jack's CatchPhrase "savvy" was frequently ad-libbed by Johnny Depp. As was the last line of the movie, "Bring me that horizon."

** Producers actually considered releasing the film direct to video. Reportedly if they had, Creator/ChristopherWalken and Creator/CaryElwes would have been their choices for the leads.
** Jack Sparrow was written with Creator/HughJackman in mind. However as Jackman was not as well known to American audiences yet, Disney chose to cast Johnny Depp as a more recognisable star. Matthew [=McConaughey=] was also considered.

** The script was originally written back in the 90s, Steven Spielberg getting ahold of it and wanting to direct--with Bill Murray, Steve Martin or Robin Williams playing Jack. Disney however would not allow the movie to be made.

** Former Batman actors MichaelKeaton and ChristianBale were both reportedly considered for the lead roles, Keaton as Jack Sparrow and Bale as Will Turner, respectively.

* ActorInspiredElement: Jack Sparrow was written as a far more lowbrow character; very suave and serious. Johnny Depp opted to play him more as a Keith Richards type. He also had the idea that Jack would have gold teeth.
* BigBraToFill: Keira Knightley claims she was padded "to make it look like there was something there" and cleavage was actually airbrushed in. She gleefully points out on the commentary the only scene where she's not padded.
* OldShame: Zoe Saldana does not look back on her role as Annamaria fondly. Not due to the film itself, but rather the bad experiences she had on set. She says the experience almost made her quit acting altogether - and thus opted not to return for the sequels.
* StarMakingRole: Although she'd gotten attention with ''Film/TheHole'' and ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'', this brought Keira Knightley to international attention. It also had the effect of typecasting her as a SpiritedYoungLady in period films. She initially tried to avoid this with projects like ''Film/TheJacket'', ''{{Film/Domino}}'' and ''Film/KingArthur'' - but eventually she gave in and got nominated for an Oscar in ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice''.

** Jack's CatchPhrase "savvy" was frequently ad-libbed by Johnny Depp. As was the last line of the movie "Bring me that horizon."
** Will imitating Jack was likewise Orlando Bloom's idea and he asked producers if he could put it in.

** Producers actually considered releasing the film direct to video. Reportedly if they had, Christopher Walken and Cary Elwes would have been their choices for the leads.

** The script was originally written back in the 90s, Steven Spielberg getting ahold of it and wanting to direct - with Bill Murray, Steve Martin or Robin Williams playing Jack. Disney however would not allow the movie to be made.

* WordOfGod: The first names of several characters in this are revealed on the DVD commentary - Weatherby for Governor Swann, Hector for Barbossa and James for Norrington. All names were later made Canon in the sequels.