LOVE On The Rocks*

*AND OTHER DANGEROUS TERRAIN

10 Elizabeth Swann & Will Turner

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)

Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) is a blacksmith’s apprentice with a gift for making swords – and fighting with them too. Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is a governor’s daughter. Together they become embroiled in a hearty adventure involving Aztec gold, a curse and drunken pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)… and become star-crossed lovers along the way. While Bloom here added to the success of his Legolas in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Knightley made a huge leap after turning heads in Bend It Like Beckham. Her Elizabeth is spirited and intelligent, and proves herself a natural at sea(wo)manship, leadership and battle strategy as the franchise progresses. Will and Elizabeth marry and have a son in At World’s End.

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MEET-CUTE As 11-year-old kids, with Elizabeth recovering a shipwrecked Will and taking his gold medallion for herself.

BEST BANTZ

Elizabeth: “Will, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?”

Will: “At least once more, Miss Swann, as always.”

FURTHER ADVENTURES Reprising their roles for sequels Dead Man’s Chest (2006), At World’s End (2007) and Salazar’s Revenge (2017).

9 Alan Grant & Ellie Sattler

JURASSIC PARK (1993)

We all love Sam Neill and Laura Dern as palaeontologist Dr. Alan Grant and palaeobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler, partners who are invited to Jurassic Park by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). But William Hurt and Harrison Ford first turned down Spielberg, as did Robin Wright. Their loss turned out to be our gain, for Neill and Dern are as responsible for making the action believable as Stan Winston’s animatronics and ILM’s dazzling VFX. Grant and Sattler returned for , though they were no longer a couple – Ellie is married with children. They’ll be back again in Colin Trevorrow’s .