History Trivia / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest

* ActorSharedBackground: Sort of. Naomie Harris's mother is Jamaican and acted as her dialect coach during production--since Tia Dalma speaks in a partial Jamaican accent.

* DeletedScene: Rather, deleted scenes from the previous film were used in the Tortuga sequence of this one.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/OrlandoBloom's script left out [[spoiler: the kiss between Elizabeth and Jack]], so his reaction would be genuine.

* TroubledProduction: The script took ages to finish and storyboards had to be created without one. The writers had to be on set and keep writing while filming was going on. On-location shooting in Dominica faced problems as well--as the country was not prepared for such a huge Hollywood production. Problems ranged from small--underdeveloped roads making it difficult for crew to get about--to large--rapid changes in weather and temperatures. Filming in the Bahamas was equally as troubled--the tank they were using hadn't been finished by the time they started, and Hurricane Wilma attacked the sets. Additionally this and the third film were shot back to back.

** Annamaria was scripted to return, but Creator/ZoeSaldana declined. She cited having a horrible experience on the first film--so horrible she nearly quit acting--and felt it wasn't worth it.
** The ''Flying Dutchman'''s crew were originally imagined as straightforward ghosts, but Creator/GoreVerbinski didn't like that idea.

* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of eight toys in their Happy Meals. This was notable for being the last Disney Happy Meal promotion before Disney severed ties with [=McDonald's=] to devoid controversy over the chain at the height of the obesity epidemic. They started doing Happy Meal tie-ins again in 2018 with ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' after [=McDonald's=] started putting healthier options in their Happy Meals.

** Depp's ThrowItIn with the Jar of Dirt - take a look at Bloom in that scene, before looking back to Depp and watching, you can see him momentarily glance to the left for no apparent reason. He was actually looking at the director to see if he was going to shout "Cut".

** Creator/RichardEGrant, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JimBroadbent, and Creator/IainGlen had discussions for Davy Jones before the casting of Creator/BillNighy.

* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Keira Knightley had to wear extensions as she'd cut her hair extremely short for ''Film/{{Domino}}'' and there wasn't time for her to regrow it to the correct length.

** The reactions of the crew at the end when Barbossa showed up. They actually were told someone else entirely different was going to come out.
** The actors were not told that the bone cage was going to start swinging.

** The ''Flying Dutchman'''s crew were originally imagined as straightforward ghosts, but Gore Verbinski didn't like that idea.

** Creator/RichardEGrant, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JimBroadbent, and Creator/IainGlen had discussions for the part of Davy Jones before the casting of Creator/BillNighy.

* RealitySubtext: The scene where the characters argue about how to pronounce the Kraken's name was inspired by an actual debate amongst the cast and crew. It's actually meant to be 'kray-ken', but (probably due to the influence of ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}''), most of them thought 'kracken' was the right way.

** Creator/ChristopherWalken was one of the initial choices for the role of Davy Jones. Also Creator/GoreVerbinski wanted Davy Jones to be Dutch--since he captains the Flying Dutchman. Creator/BillNighy balked at that and suggested the Scottish accent instead.

* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/KeiraKnightley previously went on the run disguised as a boy in ''Princess of Thieves''.

* ThrowItIn: "I've got a jar of dirt" was ad-libbed by Creator/JohnnyDepp, and those are the genuine reactions of the crew.

* DeletedScene: Rather deleted scenes from the previous film were used in the Tortuga sequence of this one.
** There are other notoriously deleted scenes from this film that would've made ''At World's End'' a little more coherent; for example, the liar's dice game between Will and Jones had an ''entire first round'' containing major {{Foreshadowing}} towards Will's fate and enough fuel for to imply the reasoning for Jones' disposition. Another had Elizabeth show her papers from Beckett to Jack, who sticks his tongue out in disgust and further emphasizing their personal enmity towards one another, while another expanded on the scene where the Kraken hunts down Will (in particular, Bootstrap attempts to pin the blame on Jack for Will retrieving the key, to which Jones responds, "What makes you think it's ''[[WhamLine your son]]'' that's being punished here?"). And significantly (or not, YMMV), the scene after Will being whipped had Will CallingTheOldManOut and mentioning Barbossa, to which Bootstrap asks, "Who's Barbossa?" This foreshadows what would eventually happen to him in the next film.

** Music/KeithRichards was meant to cameo in this movie, but had to drop out due to touring commitments. He does manage to appear in the third film.

** Likewise Jack inexplicably refers to her as 'Lizzie', as a possible nod to Keira's Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice''.

* RealitySubtext: The scene where the characters argue about how to pronounce the Kraken's name was inspired by an actual debate amongst the cast and crew. It's actually meant to be 'kray-ken', but (probably due to the influence of ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans''), most of them thought 'kracken' was the right way.

** Keira Knightley previously went on the run disguised as a boy in ''Princess of Thieves''.

* ActorSharedBackground: Sort of. Naomie Harris's mother is Jamaican and acted as her dialect coach during production - since Tia Dalma speaks in a partial Jamaican accent.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Orlando Bloom's script left out [[spoiler: the kiss between Elizabeth and Jack]], so his reaction would be genuine.

* ThrowItIn: "I've got a jar of dirt" was ad-libbed by Johnny Depp, and those are the genuine reactions of the crew.
* TroubledProduction: The script took ages to finish and storyboards had to be created without one. The writers had to be on set and keep writing while filming was going on. On-location shooting in Dominica faced problems as well - as the country was not prepared for such a huge Hollywood production. Problems ranged from small - underdeveloped roads making it difficult for crew to get about - to large - rapid changes in weather and temperatures. Filming in the Bahamas was equally as troubled - the tank they were using hadn't been finished by the time they started, and Hurricane Wilma attacking the sets. Additionally this and the third film were shot back to back.

** Keith Richards was meant to cameo in this movie, but had to drop out due to touring commitments. He does manage to appear in the third film.
** Christopher Walken was one of the initial choices for the role of Davy Jones. Also Gore Verbinski wanted Davy Jones to be Dutch - since he captains the Flying Dutchman. Bill Nighy balked at that and suggested the Scottish accent instead.
** Annamaria was scripted to return, but Zoe Saldana declined. She cited having a horrible experience on the first film - so horrible she nearly quit acting - and felt it wasn't worth it.
** The Flying Dutchman's crew were originally imagined as straightforward ghosts, but Gore Verbinski didn't like that idea.