When Taika Waititi began working with David Jenkins on the HBO Max series “Our Flag Means Death,” he knew he’d eventually want to play one of the main characters.
Hopeful that Waititi would eventually be down for it, Jenkins wrote the show’s version of the legendary pirate Blackbeard with the Oscar-winner in mind.
With Blackbeard at the center of an unexpected romance with the “Gentleman Pirate,” Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), the role turned out to be arguably the best acting performance of Waititi’s career.
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