May
5
2011
In this week’s cover story, EW looks at how the fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean mega-franchise, On Stranger Tides (out May 20), attempts to reverse course from the previous two installments and return to the stand-alone spirit of the original. “I felt if we were going to do a 4, that more than anything we owed the audience a fresh start, without all the complicated mathematics of 1 colliding with 2 and 2 colliding with 3,” Depp says. “I felt like it was important to eliminate as many complications as possible.”

For more on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, including Johnny Depp’s guide to Captain Jack’s style, pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Friday, May 6.
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