User blog comment:MiBa/Two questions about the film/@comment-3106883-20110526232637

Why do people keep saying that was Tamara? She's not blonde, she looks different, and Jack calls her 'Marina'. As for why they cut the scene out of the film, it's probably because it did not fit with how they showed the rest of the mermaid attack.

As for the chalices, it struck me at the time as curiousity. You're examining an artifact 150 years old at least ... and there's writing on it! Of course you're going to try and see what it says. Also, don't forget that the Spanish had to get to the Fountain before they could destroy it. They couldn't risk destroying any of the related artifacts in case those artifacts were necessary to get there.