Disney is reportedly taking an un-Hollywood stance on filling its treasure chest for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
According to reports in London’s Sunday Times and the New York Post, the filmmakers sent out a casting call last week seeking “beautiful female fit models. Must be 5ft7in-5ft8in, size 4 or 6, no bigger or smaller. Age 18-25…Must have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants.”
According to the Times, there will be a “show and tell” day with costume designers where potential actresses will be expected to run — something the Times calls “a venerable Hollywood test to detect false breasts.” They must also be able to dive and swim.
Keira Knightley, who was 18 when she shot the first Pirates movie, did not undergo a breast exam. “I am not that well endowed, so they literally painted in my cleavage,” she said, according to the Times.
A Disney spokesman told the Times: “We never comment on casting rumours.”
Johnny Depp, Ian McShane and Penelope Cruz star in the Rob Marshall-directed fourth installment of the mega-franchise.
