Sir Paul McCartney to star in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

It is rumored that Sir Paul McCartney (73) has joined the cast of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. US entertainment site Deadline has revealed that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg have added "an extra big set-piece" scene which is "built around" Sir Paul McCartney, the former Beatle.
The role he will perform in is not disclosed and his publicist has declined to comment.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 26 March 2016.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth entry in the blockbusting Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and is filmed in Queensland. It stars Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Incidentally, McCartney is noit new to movies. He has appeared in several movies dating from his days as a member of the Fab Four. Way back in 1964, he, alongside John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison had starred in A Hard Day's Night. The acclaimed movie, directed by Richard Lester, depicted a typical day in the life of The Beatles and featured a number of their songs.
Hard Day's Night was followed by Help! in the next year - this movie revolved around the chart-topping group facing an evil cult and, once again, it was driven by the music of The Beatles.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will see Aussie Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush return as Barbossa and Orlando Bloom as Will Turner. In addition, Javier Bardem has been cast as villainous Captain Salazar while British actress Kaya Scodelario, of Skins fame, will play new character Carina Smyth.
The movie Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is slated for release in 2017.


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