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- "Do you not fear death?"
"I'll take my chances, sir."
"...To the depths." - ―Davy Jones and the chaplain
This man was one of the few survivors present on the scuttled ship where William Turner was sent by Jack Sparrow to settle his debt with Davy Jones.
Biography[]
At some point in his life, this man became a merchant sailor on an unknown ship, serving as a chaplain. He was in service aboard this vessel when the Kraken suddenly attacked it, killing over three quarters of the crew and splitting the entire ship in half. This man barely managed to survive this attack, but still had visible injuries such as a bloody forehead. Left paralysed from the terrifying experience, he hid, shivering.[1][2]
The survivors were later confronted by the crew of the Flying Dutchman. When offered service by Davy Jones, the chaplain encouraged the other crewmen to refuse. Angered by this and the chaplain's possession of a crucifix, Jones grabbed his throat and asked if he feared death. The chaplain promptly implied that he would not serve Jones. In response, Jones nodded to Greenbeard, who grabs the Chaplain, executes him by slitting his throat, and threw his body overboard.[1][2]
Behind the scenes[]
- "One of my favorite moments in the whole movie was that 'I'll take my chances,' just that subtle little bit of heroism being displayed, you know. The character is on screen so briefly, and for me it's just so memorable. I just truly enjoy that moment."
- ―Terry Rossio
Chaplain appears in the junior novelization for the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,[1] where he was portrayed by portrayed by Simon Meacock.[2]
In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay, it was written that the cursed Davy Jones nodded to Greenbeard, who grabs the Chaplain and throws him overboard.[4] While the Chaplain was executed before being thrown overboard in the film,[2] the screenplay's version was retained in the junior novelization.[1] In the audio commentary for the DVD, Terry Rossio said that one of his favorite moments in Dead Man's Chest was the Chaplain telling Jones "I'll take my chances," noting that the subtle bit of heroism being displayed from a character on screen briefly was a memorable moment in the film.[5]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization) (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- ↑ James "Jim" Carson's calendar of Henry Turner's waiting for Will Turner's return from Dead Men Tell No Tales shows that Will's first visit to his family after ten years of captaining the Flying Dutchman, which is shown in the after credits scene of At World's End, occurred in August 1739, which means Will was killed by Davy Jones during the Battle of Calypso's maelstrom in August 1729. The official At World's End novelization sets the events of At World's End a few months after the events of Dead Man's Chest which sets the Chaplain's death in 1729.
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Audio Commentary with Screenwriters Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
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