Ukuba kwisithuba sangaphambili, ndikuxelele ukuba uJavier Bardem sele ethathwa njengenkwenkwezi eHollywood nge Penélope Cruz kananjalo kwenzeka into efanayo. Ukongeza, ukuqinisekiswa kwakhe kwiPirates yeCaribbean 4, iya kuba yinto yakhe yokuqala kwi-cinema ye-blockbusters yaseMelika.
Ngokutsho kukaJerry Bruckheimer, "UPenelope uya kuba yintombi kaBlackbeard, ongendawo, i-villain yefilimu edlalwa ngu-Ian McShane. Umlingiswa wakhe unoburharha kwaye uzimisele kakhulu, uzimisele kakhulu. " Ukongeza, "iBruckheimer eyongeziweyo," kuya kubakho ibali elifutshane kodwa elibukhali lothando phakathi kwakhe noJack Sparrow (uJohnny Depp).
Into embi kukuba kuya kufuneka silinde kude kube nguMeyi 2011 ukuze sibone uPenelope Cruz njenge pirate evuselela inkanuko kwaye athathe izixhobo.