Davy Jones is the most memorable villain of the world famous film "Pirates of the Caribbean." The ruthless and merciless lord of the seas appears before the viewer as a terrible monster, full of anger and cruelty. But Jones was not always like that, many years ago he was very in love, and this feeling destroyed him, revealing the real dark side in him.
Captain of the Flying Dutchman
The character that appears before the audience originates from the stories of sailors of the 1700s. In those days, marine folklore was very popular. In the legends it was not indicated that the cruel lord of the seas is the captain of a ship called the “Flying Dutchman”, it is rather a guess of the creators of the movie, as well as the appearance of the hero himself.
But basically the directors tried to get as close as possible to the myths of the sea devil. In the legends, the main emphasis was placed on the story, which featured the box of
Davy Jones, where the sailors got after death. In the film, the main villain hides his heart there, which he cut out because of the betrayal of his beloved woman. Davy hides the box in the farthest place, and he always carries the key with him under a huge number of tentacles. Anyone who finds the captain’s chest will completely subdue the villain.
Fatal love
Davy Jones was not always the bloodthirsty lord of the seas. Once he was an ordinary pirate, a very successful and ambitious navigator, who during his next trip meets Calypso, the goddess of the seas and patroness of sailors. A man falls madly in love with a woman, and she reciprocates. Calypso awarded her beloved with immortality and ordered to transport the souls of the dead, who found their death on the seabed. Davy Jones had to stay at sea for ten years and go to land for only one day.
When the momentous date came, the pirate got off the ship to meet his lover, but she never came. The angry man stopped fulfilling the terms of the deal and took revenge on the girl by giving her to the pirate barons, who soon imprisoned Calypso in the body of an ordinary woman. But the goddess did not remain
in debt . She cursed Davy Jones and his entire team, and their eternal life became unbearable. Jones cut a heart out of his chest and placed it in a casket, becoming the permanent captain of the Flying Dutchman. Over the years, the appearance of Davy Jones and all his subordinates began to change beyond recognition.The appearance of the hero
The filmmakers thoroughly worked out the image of a militant sea lord. Basically, all kinds of marine fauna are involved in its appearance. It is impossible not to pay attention to the face of the captain. His beard consists entirely of octopus tentacles, the main villain does not have a nose, but it seems that Davy is breathing through a hole in his cheekbone.
Together with the captain's hat, the hero looks quite terrifying. The body has a human shape, but the limbs are like claws of a crab, like one of the legs. At one point,
Davy Jones appears in the original image of a man with a white beard, which allows the viewer to see the true appearance of a man.
The power of Davy Jones
Together with the curse imposed on him by the goddess Calypso, the captain receives supernatural abilities. He can easily pass through the walls of his ship and teleport. In his submission is a powerful Kraken and a ship with a crew that could not sink. The main occupation of Jones was the recruitment of new sailors. To do this, he offered the dead sailors a deal in the form of service on the ship for 100 years, then the sailor could find freedom and a new life. But due to the curse, the sailors did not live up to this moment, at first they turned into monsters, and then they completely became part of the ship.
The actor who played Davy Jones
In the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean”, due to the large amount of makeup and graphics, it is difficult for the viewer to see who exactly plays such a character as Davy Jones. Actor Bill Nyei became the lucky one who beat many competitors and was approved for the role.
His career began with a debut performance in the theater. The actor often plays secondary roles, but always remains at the pinnacle of fame. He worked in the films “Being a Man”, “Real Love”, “Another World”, “Wrath of the Titans”, “
Rango ”. But the work in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" has become for him the most memorable.Despite the fact that Davy Jones, whose photo can be seen in this article, plays a very negative role in the film, a note of sorrow and pity is traced in his image. The character is clearly visible, which led him to such exasperation all over the world. Two feelings fight in the hero: love and thirst for revenge. Indeed, even after John Will pierced the heart of Davy (not without the help of Jack Sparrow), the last word of the dying hero was the name of his beloved. The captain of the “Flying Dutchman” was named one of the most convincing negative characters for all time computer graphics.