Trivia / Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

• Acting in the Dark: The cast were told that Annamaria would be the one to appear in the final scene. Thus their reactions when they see Barbossa are genuine.
• Actor-Inspired Element: Keira Knightley herself suggested the scene where Elizabeth handcuffs Jack to the ship.
• Actor-Shared Background: Sort of. Naomie Harris's mother is Jamaican and acted as her dialect coach during production — since Tia Dalma speaks in a partial Jamaican accent.
• Banned in China: For depicting cannibalism.
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: The image of Captain Jack fighting atop the rolling water wheel is one of the most fondly remembered from this film... despite the fact that it's actually Will and Norrington fighting on the wheel, with Jack mostly just getting tossed around inside it. The image of Jack on the wheel itself that people likely remember is not from this film, but rather Epic Movie.
• The Danza: Lejon is played by LeJon Stewart.
• Deleted Scene:
  • Rather, deleted scenes from the previous film were used in the Tortuga sequence of this one.
  • There are other notoriously deleted scenes from this film that would've made At World's End a little more coherent; for example, the liar's dice game between Will and Jones had an entire first round containing major Foreshadowing towards Will's fate and enough fuel to imply the reasoning for Jones' disposition. Another had Elizabeth show her papers from Beckett to Jack, who sticks his tongue out in disgust and further emphasizing their personal enmity towards one another, while another expanded on the scene where the Kraken hunts down Will (in particular, Bootstrap attempts to pin the blame on Jack for Will retrieving the key, to which Jones responds, "What makes you think it's your son that's being punished here?"). And significantly (or not, YMMV), the scene after Will being whipped had Will Calling the Old Man Out and mentioning Barbossa, to which Bootstrap asks, "Who's Barbossa?" This foreshadows what would eventually happen to him in the next film.
• DVD Commentary: The commentary by the writers included their noting the bone-cage chase on the cannibal island and the three-way sword fight on a giant wheel caused them to ask the director "Did you get your kids a hamster for Christmas?" They also go into a fair amount of self-deprecation, explaining the symbolism behind certain scenes only to say, "Oh, c'mon, you know no one uses literary devices in these summer blockbusters..."
• Enforced Method Acting:
  • Orlando Bloom's script left out the kiss between Elizabeth and Jack, so his reaction would be genuine.
  • Depp's Throw It In! with the jar of dirt - take a look at Bloom in that scene, before looking back to Depp and watching, you can see him momentarily glance to the left for no apparent reason. He was actually looking at the director to see if he was going to shout "Cut".
  • The reactions of the crew at the end when Barbossa showed up, as they actually were told Anamaria was going to come out.
  • The actors were not told that the bone cage was going to start swinging, nor that the cage would actually be rolling while they were in it.
• Fake Brit: Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård as English Bootstrap Bill Turner.
• Fake Scot: English actor Bill Nighy as Scottish Davy Jones.
• Kids' Meal Toy: McDonald's sold a set of eight toys in their Happy Meals. A later set based partly on the ride but also including film elements was released in 2008.
• Real Life Writes the Hairstyle: Keira Knightley had to wear extensions as she'd cut her hair extremely short for Domino and there wasn't time for her to regrow it to the correct length.
• Reality Subtext: The scene where the characters argue about how to pronounce the Kraken's name was inspired by an actual debate amongst the cast and crew.
• Throw It In!: "I've got a jar of dirt" was ad-libbed by Johnny Depp, and those are the genuine reactions of the ship's crew.
• Troubled Production: The script took ages to finish and storyboards had to be created without one. The writers had to be on set and keep writing while filming was going on. On-location shooting in Dominica faced problems as well — as the country was not prepared for such a huge Hollywood production. Problems ranged from small — underdeveloped roads making it difficult for crew to get about — to large — rapid changes in weather and temperatures. Filming in the Bahamas was equally as troubled — the tank they were using hadn't been finished by the time they started, and Hurricane Wilma attacked the sets. Additionally this and the third film were shot back to back.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Richard E. Grant, Christopher Walken, Jim Broadbent and Iain Glen had discussions for Davy Jones before the casting of Bill Nighy.
  • Keith Richards was meant to cameo in this movie, but had to drop out due to touring commitments. He does manage to appear in the third and fourth films.
  • Annamaria was scripted to return, but Zoe Saldaña declined. She cited having a horrible experience on the first film — so horrible she nearly quit acting — and felt it wasn't worth it.
  • The Flying Dutchman's crew were originally imagined as straightforward ghosts, but Gore Verbinski didn't like that idea.
• Word of God: The hierarchy of the Dutchman's crew is correspondent to how mutated they are. The more Eldritch they look, they higher on the totem pole they are.

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