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- "Aye, the Cook. Perfect."
- ―Blackbeard shortly before punishing the Cook
The Cook was a pirate who operated during the mid-18th century. During the quest for the Fountain of Youth, the Cook joined the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge, where he took part in Jack Sparrow's mutiny. The Cook would be killed and later turned into a zombie, a fate handed to him by Blackbeard.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Not much is known about the Cook's early life, except that he took the life of piracy prior to the mid-18th century. Several years after the War Against Piracy, the Cook went to the pub called the Captain's Daughter, located in Londontown. It was here that the Cook, along with a number of sailors and pirates, signed on to sail under Jack Sparrow.[2]
Aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge[]
- "The topic, gentlemen...is mutiny. Mutiny most foul."
"Aye. I signed up to sail under Jack Sparrow, not some pretender."
"And a lady at that."
"And mention was failed to made of this uncanny crew." - ―Jack Sparrow, Salaman, Ezekiel and Cook
Climbing aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the Cook worked as one of the ship's chef for the next five days, where he would work with a shanghaied Jack Sparrow. He later met with Jack and some of the other crewmen, who were not satisfied with sailing under Angelica and her zombie crew, and took part in Jack's mutiny aboard the Revenge. During the fighting that erupted during the mutiny, the Cook took advantage of an impaired Gunner by leaping upon and subduing the man. Jack's crew were soon victorious until Blackbeard himself came out of his cabin. Blackbeard, in response to being told that the proceedings were the ends of a mutiny, hung all of the crewmen, including the Cook, with the rigging of the Queen Anne's Revenge.[2]
Zombified[]
Blackbeard inquired as to which crewman stood watch, after which the Gunner turned towards the Cook. As punishment, Blackbeard sent the Cook aboard a longboat where he would row across the ocean as the bow of the Queen Anne's Revenge turned towards the Cook's direction. As soon as the Cook rowed a couple of yards away from the ship, Blackbeard had his crew watch as the Revenge unleashed Greek fire upon the Cook.[2] After a few firings, the Cook was believed to have been killed, but this was part of a voodoo ritual to transform the Cook. Now zombified, an undead Cook guarded Blackbeard's cabin after this took place.[4] He later died, as with all the other zombies, after Blackbeard himself died in the Fountain of Youth.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Perhaps you will pray for him to be unharmed? Yes? No. Of course not. You pray only for what chance might offer on its own, least the weakness of your God be revealed."
- ―Blackbeard to Philip Swift
- The Cook was portrayed by Bronson Webb in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
- In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for On Stranger Tides, Greek fire is flared out upon the Cook, who later returned as a zombie. As Blackbeard threatened Jack Sparrow with a voodoo doll, the zombie Cook appeared standing in the doorway of Blackbeard's cabin aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge. The Quartermaster puts a hand on the Cook's shoulder and led him off.[5] In 2017, Bronson Webb confirmed that he was originally meant to shoot the scene, but in spite of the fact that he did go through all the prosthetic, the scene went unfilmed as it was deemed "too scary" for a Disney film.[6] Nevertheless, while the scene never made it to the final cut of the film, it was retained in the film's visual guide and junior novelization, which both state that the Cook returned as a zombie.
- In the Lego Pirates of the Caribbean set Queen Anne's Revenge, the character is called "Chef" rather than Cook.
- In LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, the Cook is transformed into a zombie by Blackbeard immediately on the deck of the Queen Anne's Revenge instead of being burned by Greek fire and/or later zombiefied. In the handheld versions of the game, the Cook is drowned and eaten by Tamara during the battle at Whitecap Bay.
- The Cook was originally meant to have a 4-inch action figure produced by Jakks Pacific, though it was canceled for unknown reasons.[7]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (First appearance)
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
Source[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Estimation based on Bronson Webb's age during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the fact that OST takes place in 1750.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides screenplay, the zombies decomposed as Blackbeard died at the Fountain of Youth. But as that scene was altered, it is unknown of the fate of the zombies, though it is assumed that the zombies died as there were no zombies under Hector Barbossa's command.
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p81.
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
- ↑ @bronson_webb Bronson Webb on Twitter
- ↑ http://www.118archive.com/FigureResults.php?id=PC4-ST-12