10 Movies Actors Thought Would Suck (But Were Awesome)

10. Keira Knightley Thought Pirates Of The Caribbean Would Be "Total S**t"

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the film that made Keira Knightley an outright star, portraying female lead Elizabeth Swann in four of the series' five entries to date.

Yet despite how lucrative the part has been for her, Knightley had basement-low expectations for the original Pirates, and according to the actress herself, so did everybody else around her.

During a 2008 interview with The Observer, Knightley held nothing back in admitting her original feelings about the first movie while shooting it:

"Gosh, I was just a teenager and you can imagine it was the most embarrassing thing telling my mates I was about to be in a movie based on a Disney theme park ride... I mean, it was really f**king embarrassing and we all thought it was going to be total s**t anyway... But then suddenly I was kissing Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and bang, there you go, instant bloody stardom. I'd always wanted to be an actress, always dreamt of it, but I don't think you're ever quite prepared for being a movie star."

In addition to being an unexpected commercial smash, the original Pirates was also a major critical success, earning five Oscar nominations including a Best Actor nod for Depp.

All four sequels were more successful at the box office, even if none of them have matched the original's critical favour.