<P> On December 2, 2013, it was reported that Christoph Waltz was in talks to appear as the film's main antagonist, but he finally declined . Australian actor Brenton Thwaites entered talks for the role of Henry in late November 2014, after Disney chose him over Taron Egerton, George MacKay, Mitchell Hope, Ansel Elgort and Sam Keeley . In mid-January 2015, he stated that he was to travel to Australia for the film in February, disclosing that his role was indeed that of Will Turner _́ s son, struggling to break a curse to meet his father . The shortlist of actresses for the female lead consisted of Gabriella Wilde, Kaya Scodelario, Alexandra Dowling, Jenna Thiam and Lucy Boynton . On January 24, Jerry Bruckheimer announced via Twitter that Scodelario had won the role . In July, her character was revealed to be called Carina . In earlier drafts of the script the name Carina Smyth appeared as Barbossa's daughter and was a love interest of Sparrow's and was an astronomer accused of being a witch . Scodelario confirmed that the character was an astronomer and that "she's a totally different character" to Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann, and also confirmed that Smyth will be Henry's love interest instead of Jack's . By October 2014, Javier Bardem, husband of Penélope Cruz (who portrayed Angelica in the fourth installment), was in early talks to appear as the antagonist of the film . His role was eventually confirmed to be that of Armando Salazar, who in early scripts was referred as Captain John Brand . However, during an interview with Collider in 2012, Penélope Cruz stated that she would most likely not reprise her role as Angelica Teach . Kevin McNally confirmed his return as Joshamee Gibbs via Twitter in late January . Shortly after on location pre-production opened in Australia, Disney issued a casting call to local agents for actors from all age - and experience levels to apply for roles and as extras in the upcoming film, with casting also open in the US . Adam Brown, Delroy Atkinson, Danny Kirrane were revealed as cast members shortly before filming . Martin Klebba confirmed his return as Marty via Twitter days before filming began . On February 17, 2015, Stephen Graham revealed that he will reprise his role as Scrum . On September 24, 2015, a YouTube video was uploaded stating that Giles New and Angus Barnett would reprise their roles as Murtogg and Mullroy . Director Joachim Rønning's two children appear in the film as extras . Also, Keith Richards expressed interest in reprising his role as Captain Teague . Additionally, Greg Ellis expressed interest in reprising his role as Theodore Groves, despite his character's apparent death in the previous film, saying the possibility that Groves survived . Apart from this declaration, reports that a deceased Navy officer will star in the film, had sparked many rumors regarding the possibility of the return of James Norrington (portrayed again by Jack Davenport), who died in the third film . </P> <P> Both Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook commented on the possibility of returning as Pintel and Ragetti . Arenberg confirmed in several interviews that, despite wanting to return to the fourth film, he hoped to reprise his role as Pintel . In an interview on November 7, 2014, Crook confirmed that he had received a call of availability from Disney for the film, although stated that he was uncertain about whether he wanted to reprise his role . Crook declined to reprise his role ultimately, in order to focus on his television series Detectorists . He said he felt "pangs of nostalgia" when the cast and crew filmed the film without him . Furthermore, shortly before filming started, Arenberg announced on Twitter that he would not reprise his role as well, despite having been interested in doing so . In early 2017, there were rumors that Keira Knightley was back to the franchise for a cameo scene despite Knightley saying in 2011 that she wasn't coming back to any future films . On April 18, 2017, the international trailer was released, confirming Knightley's participation . </P> <P> On January 15, 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed that shooting would take place in Puerto Rico and New Orleans and Bruckheimer had previously mentioned that there might be a sequence in Louisiana . However, a spokesman for the Australian Arts Minister George Brandis confirmed that the fifth installment was set to shoot exclusively in Australia after the government agreed to repurpose $20 million of tax incentives originally intended for the remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, thus edging out Mexico and South Africa as filming locations . According to Australian film industry sources, on location pre-production started in late September 2014 and its cost is around $250 million . This was officially confirmed by Disney and the Queensland Arts Minister on October 2, 2014, stating that filming will take place exclusively in Queensland, Australia, being the largest production to ever shoot in the country . Village Roadshow Studios and Port Douglas were officially confirmed as filming locations . On January 1, 2015, The Rainbow Gypsy, a 15 - year - old replica of an 1897 Scottish bawley, sailed into the Gold Coast to start the extensive refit, which will include a new bowsprit and reconfigured decks and cabins in order to become the Dying Gull, a single - masted ghost ship . Its captain and owner Kit Woodward was a rigger on the film . </P> <P> Filming commenced on February 17, 2015 . Ship scenes were filmed in front of a giant outdoor greenscreen in Helensvale, while a film set in the form of a village was built in Maudsland . Given the greenscreens were so tall they blocked sunlight, containers with inflatable bluescreens mounted on top were added to the set to allow for light to creep in . While an initial draft of the script featured six ships, the end product had 11 vessels, meaning that to cut costs, most of them were not full sets, but partial constructs later enhanced by computer graphics, at times built atop an hydraulic rig to mimic the movement of seafaring while still on land . The camera crew also made extensive use of drones to capture immersive views on sea without resorting to aerial footage or cranes . </P>

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