The film was originally called "Pirates of the Caribbean", but later the producer considered the sequel and added "The Curse of the Black Pearl".
After completing a night shot of a small Caribbean island, Keira Knightley's boat hit a rock and sank on the way back. In order to prevent similar dangers from happening again, the producer decided to change the remaining night scenes to be shot in the studio.
In October 2002, the studio used by the film crew accidentally caught fire. Although no one was injured, the economic loss was 350,000 U.S. dollars.
Bruckheimer and Wibinski had hoped to use the giant water tank in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. Both "Titanic" and "Pearl Harbor" were filmed here, but the same year, "The Sea of Rage: Contending for the Peak" was shot in the same year. "Polar Expedition" is the first to come.
In order to play the pirate role vividly, Johnny Depp asked the dentist to inlay 4 gold teeth, one 14K gold, one 18K gold, one 22K gold, and the last one made of platinum.
Keira Knightley almost missed the audition due to traffic jams.
During the filming of the film, many cast and crew members had seasickness. Keira Knightley took antiemetics for fear of seasickness and fell asleep soon afterwards.
In order to film the last scene, Keira Knightley had to wear colored contact lenses. She complained that the glasses made her feel dizzy and threw it aside just after the filming.
Michael Keaton, Kim Carey and Christopher Walken were all candidates to play Captain Jack.
Jude Law, Iwan McGregor, Toby Maguire, Christopher Masterson and Christine Bell were all candidates to play Will Turner.
The film is the first film by Disney Pictures in the United States to be classified as PG-13. Disneyland has newly built a theme park related to the film, and the film premiered here. This film is also the first movie to premiere in Disneyland.
"Pirate" and "piracy" are said 56 times in the film.
In May 2014, the pirate ship "The Black Pearl", who served as the "supporting role" in the film, sank in an accident on the coast of the island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This brig has been in service for 66 years. The ship said goodbye to the stage of history. There were 9 crew members and a captain on board at the time. After the accident, the Saint Vincent Coast Guard successfully rescued ten people, so the accident did not cause any casualties. This "pirate ship" was built in Finland in 1948. In the 1970s, its main role was to transport goods in the Caribbean Sea and as a cruise ship for tourists to visit. In addition to "participating" in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, the ship also appeared in the 1977 Golden Globe Award-winning American drama "Roots" (Roots), when it was used as a prop ship to transport slaves in the play.
