"You Know What This Movie Needs? More Stench."

Remember when we told you that Keira Knightley rarely showers and smells like your great uncle Al after a week-long Euchre tournament at the Moose lodge? Turns out she was probably the best-smelling thing on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean. According to IMDB:

The cast of Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel At World's End were encouraged not to wash or brush their teeth during the making of the movie – because director Gore Verbinski wanted them all to look and smell filthy. The moviemaker admits he spent months perfecting bad-teeth dentures for his scurvy actors and actresses, but still fears he may have missed an extra with a perfect smile. Verbinski tells Movies.com, "I just thought it would be more authentic to have pirates with bad teeth since I'm sure they never flossed. We spent a lot of time creating ugly dentures, but occasionally somebody would slip through. It would be like, 'What's with the guy in the background? His teeth are too clean.' Also, hold the deodorant. I wanted them to look smelly. They're (pirates) are not taking baths every day, they're probably not eating well and they have scurvy. And there's probably all sorts of strange things growing on them. I sort of wanted the film to be stinky."

We're kind of shocked that Verbinski had to do any coaxing. We've always assumed that Johnny Depp reeks like a hunk of aged Stilton, and eschewing their toothbrushes shouldn't be anything new to Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley, being British. But we imagine that getting Keith Richards to give up his Irish Spring and Colgate was quite a challenge. He's really the picture of hygiene, that one. Our doctor is always telling us, "You need to be more diligent in your cleansing practices. Try to be more like Keith Richards."


You don't have to smell Keira at MrSkin.com, but you can certainly see her naked.