Zoe Saldana is a name that doesn’t need any introduction. The 44-year-old actress has been a part of several popular film franchises like the ‘Star Trek’ film series, the Avatar film series as well as ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and the last two ‘Avengers’ films.
In a recent interview, the ‘Crossroads‘ actress talked about her experience in her first studio tentpole film which was ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’ She said that it wasn’t really a good experience overall. Let’s find out what more the actress said about the film.
Read More: ‘From Scratch’: Everything To Know About Zoe Saldaña’s Netflix Drama
Zoe Saldana On Doing ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’
Saldana is currently the face of science fiction blockbuster films with names like ‘Avatar‘, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘ and ‘Star Trek.’ However, the experience of shooting her first tentpole wasn’t that great for her.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Saldana she did not have good experience shooting ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’ “It was my first exposure to a major Hollywood mega movie, where there were just so many actors and so many producers and so many crew members,” she said.
“We were shooting in different locations, and the environments were not that agreeable, sometimes, to our shoot days. I was very young, and it was just a little too big for me, and the pace of it was a little too fast,” Zoe further added.
The actress also said, “I walked away not really having a good experience from it overall. I felt like I was lost in the trenches of it a great deal, and I just didn’t feel like that was okay.”
The Producer Later Apologized To Her
Saldana then stated that the film’s producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, read her interview about not having a great experience and reached out to her asking for an apology.
“Years later, I was able to meet with Jerry Bruckheimer, who apologized that I had that experience cause he really wants everyone to have a good experience on his projects,” Saldaña stated.
She continued, “That really moved me — the fact that he remembered that I had mentioned that during press, I guess, or an engagement I had done years before and that he felt compelled to bring it up and to take accountability.”
Saldaña concluded and said “it means so much” to “feel seen and heard as an artist or even just as a person.”
