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Actress Zoe Saldana has played many iconic roles throughout her remarkable career and one of them was Anamaria in 2003’sPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It was one of her first major film roles that launched her career overnight. The opportunity was huge, however, filming the movie was not a good experience for the actress. It was so bad that Saldana swore to never do anything like that again.
Apart from her work in thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise, Saldana is well-known for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,Avatar(2009),Star Trek(2009), andThe Losers(2010).
Zoe Saldana hated working in thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise
In a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, actressZoe Saldanatalked about her most iconic roles, including the role of Anamaria in 2003’sPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The actress said,
“For Pirates of the Caribbean, I played Anamaria and I really had a not-so-good experience because of just the poor management at that time and Jerry Bruckheimer knows this we spoke about it.”
The role helped Saldana gain recognition and in establishing herself as an actress who is capable of playing complex characters.
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The producer of the movie apologized to the actress
Further in the interview, Saldana revealed that the producer ofPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,Jerry Bruckheimer, reached out to her to apologize for the inconvenience,
“I think he [Jerry Bruckheimer] read some somewhere where I had expressed my discomfort and my disappointment and years later, he apologized, which felt really quite honorable but from that experience, I was like I’m never gonna do this again I’m just going to stay in New York.”
The actress joked that it was an honorable experience, but that doesn’t change the fact that the sets were mismanaged. Saldana is sure that she will never do something like this ever again.
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Zoe Saldana gained popularity in the 2000s
Saldana’s first major film role came in 2000’sCenter Stage, before that, the actress only appeared in two episodes of 1999’s TV showLaw & Order. The shift in her career came in the late 2000s as she showcased her talent in various movies.
In the 2010s, the actress proved that she is also capable of starring in action movies with the role of Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Outside her professional life, the actress has also used her platform to speak out on important social issues and has been involved in philanthropic acts.
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Source:BBC Radio 1
Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
