1. Keira Knightley was only 17 when Pirates was filmed. It may come as a surprise, but Keira Knightley was only 17 years old during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean. In fact, her mother traveled with her to every shooting location. read more
Keira Knightley was selected by director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to portray Elizabeth Swann opposite Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom's Will Turner and Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbossa in the 2003 worldwide blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. read more