Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom were interviewed by children dressed as their characters on the red carpet at the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in the UK, and the footage is online.

It's cool to see these stars acting so openly and warmly with the kids, although it did strike me why none of them actually crouched down and talked to them. However it's a pleasant little video to watch and the kids are cool, especially the nervous pirate.

You can see the Google video over at MoviesOnline.

I always think cynically of actors and actresses when they get to a certain level, but a lot of that is down to the press portrayal of their outward persona, things like this go a long way to making them real again. You know what else helps? Talking to small film fan sites like Filmstalker...