Uma kokuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini, ngikutshele ukuthi uJavier Bardem usevele uthathwa njengenkanyezi eHollywood naye Penelope Cruz futhi kwenzeka into efanayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuqinisekiswa kwakhe kubalingisi bePirates of the Caribbean 4, kuzoba ukuqala kwakhe ebhayisikobho ye-American blockbusters.
Ngokusho kukaJerry Bruckheimer, “UPenelope uzoba yindodakazi kaBlackbeard, omubi, isikhohlakali sefilimu esadlalwa ngu-Ian McShane. Umlingiswa wakhe unamahlaya kakhulu futhi uzimisele kakhulu, uzimisele kakhulu. " Futhi, "wengeza uBruckheimer," kuzoba nendaba emfushane kodwa eshubile yothando phakathi kwakhe noJack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). "
Okubi wukuthi kuzofanele silinde kuze kube nguMeyi 2011 ukuze sibone uPenelope Cruz njengesigebengu senyama futhi athathe izikhali.