When Bill Nighy accidentally learned he was in Pirates of the Caribbean 5

“It was a taxi driver who told me!”

Key character of episodes 2 and 3, Captain Davy Jones did not appear subsequently in the franchise Pirates of the Caribbean. At least that's what his interpreter, the actor, believed Bill Nighy.

Beware of spoilers : if you haven't seen the fifth episode, Salazar's Revengeto be found this evening on M6, the following article details one of its sequences.

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Indeed, Davy Jones and his sprawling beard return in the post-credits scene, at the end of the 5th opus released in spring 2017 and back this evening on television. Except Nighy didn't know at all.

Technically, the production obviously used CGI images without dialogue, for this small sequence, and did not use the actor. “I did not know ! I only learned this a week ago“, he said in the English magazine Empirethree months after the release of the blockbuster, specifying that it was a taxi driver who had told him everything:

“He first asked me if I was going to do the next Pirates of the Caribbean. So at the time, I didn't understand and I said no. I didn't know there would be a next one. So he answered me: 'But you were in the last one!'. I assured him no. But he assured me: “Yes, yes, you were there!” He knew more than me.”

Remember that Davy Jones is supposed to have died at the end of Pirates 3: At World's End. But this post-credit scene suggests a return of the character in the rest of the franchise. Except that Bill Nighy absolutely not been contacted by Disney : “I would love to be in (another movie Pirates of the Caribbean). I'll come in a heartbeat. But I haven't been approached.”

Pirates of the Caribbean 5: What does the post-credits scene mean?

So what is Disney playing with this post-credits scene? Pirates 5 grossed $776 million worldwide, but since its release, Disney has been considering reboot the saga, without Johnny Depp. If Jack Sparrow doesn't return in the next episode, there's little chance that Bill Nighy will be called back this time either…

Trailer for Salazar's Revenge :

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