Oscar winner Taika Waititi: ‘Only 8-year-olds think pirates are cool’
nypost.comHBO Max pirate comedy “Our Flag Means Death.” “Because they’re uncool again,” Waititi, 46, told The Post. “They went through a little phase where everyone thought they were cool.
There were those movies that came out,” he said, referring to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film franchise, which started in 2003. “But then everyone realized that it was only 8-year-olds that thought they were cool.
They actually haven’t been hip since books about them, maybe in the 1700s.”“Our Flag Means Death,” premiering Friday March 3 — and created by David Jenkins (“People of Earth”) — is a half-hour comedy set in the Golden Age of Piracy in 1717.
It follows wealthy landowner Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby, “Flight of the Conchords”) as he abandons his comfortable life and fumbles his way through becoming known as “The Gentleman Pirate,” much to the chagrin of his dubious crew.Along the way, he crosses paths with larger-than-life figures on the high seas such as Blackbeard (Waititi, who’s also a director and executive producer on the show).“It’s fun to demystify everything about pirates,” said Waititi, who’s also known for “Thor: Ragnorak” and “Jojo Rabbit,” for which he won an Oscar. “Everyone thinks pirates are so rock ‘n roll.
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