Bloom to die in fourth Pirates?
An insider at Disney has revealed to a UK newspaper that while the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean is being written, Orlando Bloom's character of Will Turner is not, for Disney intend to write him out during the fourth sequel - if it ever gets made that is.
Apparently he has a clause in his contract to get paid the same as the other main stars of the films, and since his career external to this series isn't quite on the same keel as Johnny Depp, he's being eyed as a cost saving exercise.
The story comes from The Daily Star through Cinematical and is actually quite believeable, except I think they're making a mistake saying that the character is dispensible.
The love story between he and Elizabeth Swann continually being pulled at by Jack Sparrow is a central crux of the stories for me, it's the reality and human aspect of the tale that gives some extra life to the characters. For without that Sparrow is just a drunk pirate without any human connection, and that deeply hidden humanity is a central part to his character.
So for me, I can't see it working without any of the central characters, I think it really would harm the story and it'll become a much flatter pirates story.
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