For while the bodice-ripping antics of the female cast members may have helped make the trilogy among the most successful films ever, the director of the fourth movie has effectively banned enhanced breasts from the set.
Rob Marshall has sent out a request to casting agents in Los Angeles insisting only those with natural curves should apply for roles.
Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom in the original Pirates of the Caribbean. She says her cleavage was 'painted' to 'enhance' her breasts' size for the film
And in case aspiring actresses with enhanced assets think their procedure was carried out so convincingly they might slip through, Marshall warns there will be a 'show and tell' day when applicants will be expected to pass a test specifically designed to detect false breasts.
Penelope Cruz takes over from Keira Knightley in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film
One actress who will not be required to jump through the hoops of the enhancement test is Keira Knightley, who, after appearing in the first three Pirates, is replaced by Spanish star Penelope Cruz for the fourth.
Knightley's cleavage, of course, has been the subject of much scrutiny in recent years.
She famously describes her assets as 'pecs' owing to their modest proportions and described how make-up artists 'literally painted in my cleavage' and then used a bodice to shrink her waist to 'up and out' her breasts' for the earlier Pirate films.
She was also taken aback to see her breasts digitally enhanced for a publicity poster for King Arthur.
Sources involved in the production of the new Pirates film say the 'natural only' rule has been introduced for the fourth film.
'In the last movie there were enhanced breasts to give that 18th-century whoreish look and men were pretty well padded to and no one worried,' said a former casting agent. 'But times are changing and the audience can spot false breasts.'
How Keira Knightley was enhanced for the poster to promote King Arthur
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