Pirates Of The Caribbean _hot_ — Who Plays Captain Salazar In

The shortlist was a graveyard of Hollywood tough guys. But the director, Joachim Rønning, kept circling one name, scrawled in the margins of his script: Javier.

The real magic, however, happened in pre-production. Javier refused to play Salazar as a standard, shouting pirate. He worked with movement coaches to create a walking nightmare. “He is dead,” Javier explained. “But he doesn’t know he is dead. He thinks he is still the hunter. That is the tragedy.” who plays captain salazar in pirates of the caribbean