Taika Waititi Considered The X-Files Approach For The Big Romance In Our Flag Means Death

Dec 24 2022 by /Film

 

The central relationship in the pirate comedy series "Our Flag Means Death" is between Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a stuffy aristocrat who takes up piracy on a whim, and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi), a career pirate whose career is stagnating. While the characters are based on real-life pirates about whose personal lives little is known, David Jenkins, the show's creator, posits that the two men were engaged in a deeply romantic relationship. Throughout the show's first season, there's a lot of...

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