Zoe Saldaña Gets Candid About Negative Experience On 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Set And Speaking With Jerry Bruckheimer About It Years Later

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Zoe Saldaña has the rare bragging rights of being a star in the two highest grossing movies of all time: "Avatar" and "Avengers: Endgame." But before the actress was a blockbuster queen, her first taste of being on a massive movie's call sheet wasn’t a great experience for her. That movie was 2003’s "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

Zoe Saldaña has shared the negative experience she had playing Anamaria on Disney’s first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Back in 2014, the actress told The Hollywood Reporter that at 23 years old, she found that set in particular to be very “elitist” and felt she was disrespected. Looking back on shooting film now, here’s what Saldaña had to say.