The swashbuckling series arrives on HBO Max March 3.
Avast!Rhys DarbyandTaika Waititiwill soon be setting sail.
Comedy is very easy for us, but that was a challenge."
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“We know each other’s sensibilities,” adds Waititi, who also directed the first episode.
“As Rhys was saying, we have a very similar style as well.
That was a really fun, safe space for us to feel like younger versions of ourselves.
We were just mates hanging out again and just jamming.
I didn’t want those scenes to end.”
“Guys, I used to be a soldier.
I can go down a rope ladder.”
As for Waititi, he had to face a particularly hairy challenge: Blackbeard’s infamous facial hair.
“It was very annoying to wear the beard and the wig,” Waititi admits.
“No one ever likes it.
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