Kaya Scodelario: ‘Johnny Depp helped me shed my inhibitions for Pirates of the Caribbean role’

The former Skins actress, 25, stars opposite the Hollywood heavyweight in the new blockbuster 
Breaking Hollywood: Kaya Scodelario stars opposite Johnny Depp in the new Pirates film
Wonderland Magazine
Alistair Foster15 May 2017
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A decade ago she was a teenager with no acting experience, just starting her career in TV show Skins.

Now Kaya Scodelario is ready to hit the big screen in her first Hollywood blockbuster — alongside Johnny Depp.

She said being thrust into the mainstream in the new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, Dead Men Tell No Tales, was — like her time on the E4 drama — a case of learning on the job.

Scodelario, 25, plays astronomer Carina Smyth and she said Depp, who returns as Captain Jack Sparrow, helped her to shed her inhibitions and get into the role.

Come aboard, shipmate: Kaya Scodelario with Johnny Depp
Disney

She added: “We were just lying on a piece of green screen and we had to pretend to be falling.

“I didn’t know what the f*** I was going to do, and I looked over to him and as soon as they said ‘action’ he was just completely committed, he didn’t care if it made him look silly or weird or strange. That inspired me to let go and get out of my mind.”

Kevin McNally and Geoffrey Rush reprise their roles as Gibbs and Barbossa, while Javier Bardem is villain Captain Armando Salazar.

Speaking to Wonderland magazine, Scodelario said of her character: “She definitely is the most modern female we’ve had in these movies. She wants the right to go to university, she enjoys astronomy, she’s independent; she definitely isn’t ready to just be a wife.

Read the full interview with Kaya Scodelario in Wonderland Magazine
Wonderland Magazine

“Most roles I’ve had have been very serious, very emotional and all about breaking myself down — with this I got to enjoy playing off other actors and I learned about comedic timing.” The film hits cinemas this month.

Previously Scodelario, who grew up in Holloway, played a lead role in the Maze Runner action movies.

She said she has yet to come across gender inequality in Hollywood: “I’ve never been made to feel I am a girl in a room full of boys. I feel completely equal.”

Read the full interview in the summer issue of Wonderland magazine.

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