Why Hans Zimmer Thought Pirates Of The Caribbean Was The ‘Worst Idea Ever’ – /Film

In an interview with Collider, the director claimed that Zimmer's reaction to his pitch was a by-product of the admittedly crazy nature of the project:

"I would say that Pirates 1 had an energy to it, which was essentially, 'you're crazy'. I remember pitching it to [Hans] Zimmer and he said, 'You're mad! You're making a pirate movie? Nobody's going to see a pirate movie.' It was resoundingly, 'that's the worst idea ever.'"

Naturally, Zimmer went on to compose the next three films of the franchise. No matter how doubtful he was, even Zimmer sensed something special was in the works. It's true pirate movies were not all the rage and it was a safe bet that "Pirates of the Caribbean" would crash and burn. But the risk was a part of the attraction. Verbinski continued: "And there was something exciting about that. It was so doomed to fail ... there's so much historical proof that it will not work." Even if they had failed, "Pirates of the Caribbean" would have at least tried something different in a genre that was declining in popularity.

Of course, Verbinski's plan to subvert expectations and spend (a lot) of Disney's money for a zany pirate adventure paid off in spades. That uneasy feeling of treading new ground allowed the first film to be unconventional, even if it meant the sequels would have to follow that blueprint.

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