~ During filming, Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard breached Australia's strict bio-security laws when they failed to declare their two dogs to the Australian Customs Service when they flew by private jet into Queensland, where filming was taken place. Heard was charged with two counts of illegally importing the dogs into the country and one count of producing a false document. In April 2016, Heard appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to falsifying quarantine documents, stating that she was sleep deprived and made a mistake. The two bio-security charges were dropped, and she was placed on a one-month good behavior bond, paying a $1,000 fine for producing a false document. Heard and Depp also released a video in which they apologized for their behavior and urged people to adhere to the bio-security laws. Australian newspaper The Guardian called the case the "highest profile criminal quarantine case" in Australian history.
~ Part of the advertising campaign for the film is the tagline: "All Pirates Must Die". This is a play on the line "all men must die" from Game of Thrones (2011), which is a phrase spoken by various religious and political groups in Essos, invoking the idea that no one is invincible, and we will all head to our graves one day.
~ The 3rd movie in which Javier Bardem plays a gay or bisexual character. The first time was his portrayal of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), and the second being Bond villain Silva in Skyfall (2012). Captain Salazar's sexuality was set to be more prevalent, but after the conservative outcry against the inclusion of a gay character in the live action Beauty and the Beast (2017) several scenes were edited or deleted to it more ambiguous. (That's a first...)
~ Keira Knightley has ruled out a return to the franchise after her former co-star Orlando Bloom suggested he would be open to returning. However, Knightley has stated that to be part of the franchise was an amazing time in her life, but as it took five years of her life, she just can't see herself going back. But, now officially, Keira Knightley is returning to franchise.
~ The father of Captain Jack Sparrow was played by a Rolling Stone (Keith Richards) and in this film, the uncle of Captain Jack Sparrow is played by a Beatle (Paul McCartney).
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