Leech

"It'll take all of us to crew the Pearl!" "Actually, we wouldn't need everybody. About six would do." ~Leech and William Turner Jr.

Leech served as a crew member aboard the Black Pearl around the time of Jack Sparrow's search for the Dead Man's Chest.

Leech was the leader of a near-mutiny against Sparrow following the latter's escape from a Turkish prison, over lack of gold and other swag. Leech was among the crew captured by the Pelegostos, and survived almost all of the crew's captivity on Pelegosto Island. Held in a bone cage, Leech and several crew members attempted to climb a ravine to reach the Pearl and crew it without the aid of the remainder of the crew&mdash;despite warnings from William Turner and others.

During the climb, Leech grabbed at what he thought to be a vine, but was actually a snake. Scared, Leech dropped the snake and cried out, causing a panic in the bone cage that sent it and its captives plunging into the ravine. Leech and his would-be mutineers perished.

Behind the scenes
As revealed by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio on the Dead Man's Chest DVD commentary, Leech was given many of the lines that would normally have been spoken by Joshamee Gibbs. This made actor Kevin McNally wonder if Gibbs was to be killed off while reading the script, though later realized Leech was set up in this way to make his death more meaningful to the audience.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest