Do you ever just think about your future significant other? Like how lovely their name is going to be or how soothing their voice is going to sound. How you two are going to meet and when and where. Are you going to start dating instantly or are you going to become friends first. What things you’ll have in common and what things you won’t. The little things they do that they’re not aware they do but to you it’s so endearing. The birthmarks and scars scattered across their body, that you’re going to remember every single one of and adore them all. How beautiful their mind is and the way they perceive things. Do you ever think about how there is someone living their life right now, and you don’t even know each other, but one day they are going to be such a huge part of your life?
Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare? All your sins punished? I can offer you….an escape. PiratesoftheCaribbean:DeadMan’sChest (2006) dir. Gore Verbinski
“So Eric, who is our writer, had written a joke about women being in bad moods because they have their period, Shortland recalls. And I remember Florence and Scarlett and I reading it and just being like, ‘Oh, my God, this is ridiculous.’
The director says she almost cut the joke entirely, but after discussing with her actors, ultimately decided to “answer it.” She didn’t clarify if that meant improvising on the day of or going back for traditional rewrites, but the outcome was the final digression on involuntary hysterectomies.
I love it, Shortland says. Because it’s like, if you’re gonna make that joke, I’m gonna unleash Florence Pugh on you. She’s gonna Yelena you. It’s one of myfavorite moments in the film.”
