Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is out in theaters and pleasing fans to the tune of some nice box office returns. Pirates 5 also has a few twists that make the movie extra fun, and set up the franchise for its next chapter(s) – those twists include some surprise returning characters, and some big celebrity cameos, as well.
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While fans have spotted the most obvious and hyped celebrity cameo in the film (Beatles icon Sir Paul McCarthy), there may have been another big celebrity who makes quite an unsual appearance in Dead Men Tell No Tales: one of the biggest stars on one the biggest TV shows around: The Walking Dead.
Read on for the SPOILER-FILLED theory on how Pirates of the Caribbean 5 may have dropped a nice Walking Dead Easter egg into its story – and how it forms a major connection between the two.
That Severed Head Tho…
Early on inย Dead Men tell No Tales, Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow finds himself (not surprisingly) in the frying pan again, captured alongside suspected witch Carina Smith (Kaya Scodelario) and slated for execution. Carina gets selected for death by hanging; Jack, on the other hand, gets senteced to die by a new invention: the guillitone.ย
Jack gets hauled onto the stage and locked into the guillitone, still unaware of what, exactly, the death machine even does. He quickly gets the picture, however, when he looks into the basket in front of him, and notices that it’s filled with severed heads!
The camera gives us the briefest shot of the heads in the basket – and this is where the supposedย Walking Deadย connection comes in: one of the heads looks suspiciously likeย Walking Deadย star, Andrew Lincoln! After Comicbook.com staff first got hint of the possible Easter egg, additional staff went intoย Pirates 5ย for a second look. The moment is so quick that it’s hard to confirm, but it definitely isn’t outside the realm of possiblity.
For fans of both franchises may deduce, there are other recent events that add more smoke onto this possible fire…ย
Pirates of the Walking Dead Connection
The reason there is major suspicion ofย Piratesย working an Andrew Licoln severed head gag into the mix is becauseย The Walking Deadย already did it first!
Inย The Walking Deadย season 6, Rick Grimes and Co. try to fool the malcious Saviors into thinking they’ve killed Gregory, leader of The Hilltop, by delivering his severed head. In order to pull the ruse off, Rick and Co. must pick a head that looks close enough to Gergory out of a lineup. One of the heads in that lineup was sculpted afterย Johnny Depp! That Easter egg became a big headline, and the famous Depp head eventually became part ofย Walking Deadย star Norman Reedus’ collection of memorabilia from the show.ย
Ifย Pirates of the Caribbeanย wantedย to have a little fun in responding toย The Walking Dead, having a sculpt of Andrew Lincoln’s severed head show up onscreen would be a fun little ‘clap back’ at the show. So how legit is the Easter egg? Comicbook.com has reached out to parties at bothย The Walking Deadย and Disney.ย The Walking Deadย people we’ve spoken to don’t seem to know anything about it; we have yet to hear any official response from Disney.ย
More Walking Dead & Pirates News
MORE WALKING DEAD: TWD’s Five Worst Characters / New Photo Of Johnny Depp’s Dead Head Prop / Negan’s Backstory Reveals Completely Different Character / Watch Negan’s Alternate Kills / TWD F-Take Clips With Rick And Daryl / Major Criticism Fixed For Season 8 / TWD Casting Two New Characters
The Walking Dead will return for its eighth season in October of 2017. The first trailer is expected to arrive at San Diego Comic Con in July. For complete coverage and insider info all off-season long, follow @BrandonDavisBD on Twitter.
SYNOPSIS: In ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ย Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him. Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.
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