Orlando Bloom is voicing his assist for former costar Keira Knightley after she revealed that she’d struggled with the damaging response surrounding her efficiency within the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

The actor, who’s setting sail with Drew Barrymore as a part of MSC Cruises’ upcoming Tremendous Bowl advert, tells Leisure Weekly over Zoom that, regardless of his personal optimistic expertise, he can sympathize with Knightley and her conflicted emotions towards their seafaring franchise.

“It was such an enormous second in time that’s virtually like… it feels virtually like one other lifetime now,” Bloom explains. “Nevertheless it actually was distinctive and, you already know, I’m at all times grateful. However I positively perceive the place Keira was coming from, and he or she does fantastic issues.… I’ve loads of optimistic takeaways.”

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Bloom starred as Will Turner, an altruistic blacksmith who finds himself unexpectedly charting a model new course for journey after his love curiosity Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) is kidnapped by pirates within the authentic 2003 movie. The couple’s romance, in addition to Will’s secret pirate heritage, was additional explored within the franchise’s subsequent swashbuckling sequels Dead Man’s Chest, At World’s End, and Lifeless Males Inform No Tales.

In a November interview with The Times, Knightley described the movies as an expertise that each made her profession and broke her spirit concurrently. "I used to be seen as s— due to [the Pirates films], and but as a result of they did so nicely, I used to be given the chance to do the movies that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for," she recalled. "They had been essentially the most profitable movies I'll ever be part of, and so they had been the explanation that I used to be taken down publicly. In order that they're a really confused place in my head."

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The franchise can be removed from useless within the water — regardless of its fifth installment being launched in 2017. Talking with EW in Might, longtime producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that there are presently two separate movies within the Pirates pipeline: a reboot written by Younger Lady and the Sea scribe Jeff Nathanson, and one other Margot Robbie-led mission penned by Birds of Prey author Christina Hodson.

Bloom is conscious of Bruckheimer's reboot. “I’ve heard he's fairly enthusiastic about it,” he says of the producer. “It'll be fascinating to see. Jerry at all times brings out the massive weapons, because it had been – pardon the pun. Cannons, I ought to say.”

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He’s additionally not totally shutting Davy Jones’ locker on the concept of a possible Pirates return, both. “Pay attention, it was a wild and enjoyable expertise so, you already know, by no means say by no means,” Bloom says. “I’ve loads of respect for that have, and Jerry, and the entire thing. However who is aware of? I imply, it's type of a kind of issues I actually haven't considered it, actually.”

He provides, “I'm comfortable that I acquired to be part of one thing that feels prefer it's standing the check of time, which is cool.”

Within the meantime, Bloom is buying and selling within the Flying Dutchman and the Black Pearl for MSC Cruises’ luxurious new flagship, MSC World America, as a part of the corporate’s new Tremendous Bowl marketing campaign. In a teaser clip, the actor will be seen getting serenaded by Barrymore, who makes an attempt to dazzle him together with her rendition of Madonna’s “Vacation.”

Bloom reveals the pair hit it off immediately, and that he was particularly charmed by how Barrymore, who started performing at solely 11 months previous, made an effort to attach with the entire children on set, too. “She most likely grew up like going, ‘That is boring. I’m on set,’ and knew what it was like,” he says. “So she was nice. Actually recognize working together with her. She’s fantastic.”

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Bloom explains that his dry British wit and Barrymore’s humor will take middle stage within the advert. “It's a extremely enjoyable little spot. It's charming, and the banter is basically fairly candy and intelligent, and it emphasizes a part of what I feel MCS World America affords, which is a little bit of just like the American aptitude and the European type.”

MSC World America units sail from PortMiami on Apr. 9, 2025, with the corporate launching cruises out of Galveston, Texas, and to Alaska later this yr. To study extra in regards to the expertise, click on right here.

Catch the complete advert throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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