Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley has turned down the chance to reprise her role in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, insisting she's "done" with the franchise.

The actress made her name in Hollywood playing aristocrat-turned-swashbuckler Elizabeth Swann in the hit Disney trilogy.

A fourth movie is in the works, with Johnny Depp already onboard to play Captain Jack Sparrow one more time. But Knightley is keen to move on from the role.

The actress tells Moviefone.com, "It was a completely fantastic experience, and it was an amazingly large portion of my life, but I don't think I need to go there again. I think that it's done.

But I'm very excited to see the next one. And he (Depp) is so wonderful in that character. I think it'll be wonderful."

Johnny Depp will reportedly pocket a staggering $59.2 million (£32 million) pay cheque for reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth instalment of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise.

The big-money deal will make Hollywood history as the highest up-front payment ever - overshadowing the $53.65 million (£29 million) Tom Hanks was offered to star in the forthcoming The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels and Demons.

Russell brand has revealed this week that he has been in talks to star as Jack Sparrow's brother while Zac Efron has also been linked to the project.


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