Through an interview, Johnny Depp talked about how he experienced the kiss scene with Keira Knightley, when she was 22 years younger than him, in the second part of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film saga.
In the cinema, love intrigues that are written for characters can sometimes make the actors and actresses who play them uncomfortable. Especially when the age gap is significant.
This was revealed by Johnny Depp in an interview with The Standard in 2012. In the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, the character of Jack Sparrow, played by the actor, is involved in a love triangle with two other characters: that of Elizabeth Swann, played by Keira Knightley, and that of Will Turner, played by Orlando Bloom.
During the filming of the first part, released in 2003, Keira Knightley was only 17 years old, while Orlando was 25 and Johnny Depp was 39. However, the love triangle materializes especially in the second opus, released three years ago. later. In this film, Johnny Depp's character and Keira Knightley's character share a kissing scene.
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A scene which embarrassed the actor because of the age gap which separated him from his playing partner:
“Kissing someone you're not romantically involved with is always awkward, but the fact that Keira was twenty years younger than me made it infinitely more awkward. Despite everything, she reacted well and we did what we had to do.”
Keira Knightley recalls fantastic moment
This moment would only have been embarrassing for Johnny Depp since Keira Knightley had excellent memories of it, as she confided to TMZ in 2006, during the promotion of the film. She even says she asked for it.
“I was like, 'Give me a kiss, just a kiss.' I got it and it was good, really very good in fact. I couldn't ask for a better kiss scene with Johnny Depp. In fact, I think the 14-year-old me was yelping with pleasure. It was fantastic! What more can a girl ask for? I have Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and I can kiss them both. It’s wonderful”.
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Aged 20 at the time, Keira Knightley did not shy away from her pleasure, which seemed less obvious for Johnny Depp because of their age gap. Paradoxically, the actor will, a few years later, form a relationship with Amber Heard, despite their 23 years apart.
