As a retrospective of sorts to celebrate the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, The Hollywood Reporter sat down with three of the first three films’ stars to discuss what it’s like to be part of such a monumental cinematic event.
That included Jack Davenport, who played Commodore James Norrington, who revealed that the craft services alone had a budget of around $2 million during the filming of the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, which were partially filmed simultaneously.
“I remember saying to him one day, ‘What is your budget for all this?’” he described.
Certainly, Hollywood budgets can seem excessive and bloated on paper, but they can be particularly interesting when you break those gargantuan numbers down.