Ansel Elgort eyed for young lead role in "Pirates of the Caribbean 5”

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" will have a new young lead character named Henry. Details of the role are still scarce, but it's supposedly similar to the ones played by Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in the first three installments.

As AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline, producers are looking for Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in Our Stars") and Brenton Thwaites ("The Giver") to test for the role. Other candidates include Taron Egerton ("Kingsman: The Secret Service"), George Mackay ("Pride (2014)") and Sam Keeley ("In the Heart of the Sea").

After several delays, the fifth film is finally heading Down Under for filming. It's expected to arrive in the U.S. on July 7, 2017. "Kon-Tiki" helmers Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg serve behind the lens, Johnny Depp returns to play the main pirate and Javier Bardem is rumored to play the main baddie.

The last entry "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" was released in 2011. Bardem's wife Penelope Cruz played Captain Jack Sparrow's love interest, while Sam Claflin and Astrid Berges-Frisbey starred as two new young leads.