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- "Are you saying your mother was academically inclined?"
"More like horizontally... reclined." - ―Carina Smyth and Jack Sparrow about Scrum's mother
This woman was the mother of the pirate Scrum. She was apparently a prostitute, being described as "horizontally reclined".
Biography[]
Not much is known about this woman's life, except that at some point in the 1710s[2] she and an unknown man had a son named Scrum born and raised in London, England.[3] At some point, her son learned to play the mandola, and his playing of said instrument apparently brought a tear to his mother's eye.[1] At some point, this woman would also become a prostitute, but apparently did not like to talk about it.[4]
By 1751, Captain Jack Sparrow knew of Scrum's mother, and Marty the dwarf used her services at least once.[4] When Carina Smyth mentioned she was a horologist, she was mistaken for a prostitute by Jack's crew. Scrum briefly brought up his mother, with Jack and Marty's assistance. Carina asked if Scrum's mother was academically inclined, Jack said she was "more like, horizontally reclined." Scrum said his mother was always looking at her watch while conducting her business, which Marty remarked he could vouch for that.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Jack, I don’t keep company with witches. All of them covered in warts and boils. Makes me miss my Mum."
"Your mother was a witch?"
"Just incredibly ugly." - ―Scrum and Jack Sparrow
- Scrum's mother has yet to appear in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. She was first mentioned in the Disney Second Screen feature for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, in which details Scrum favoring the mandola because "his dear mum always said his playin' was so sweet it brought a tear to her eye."[1]
- In an early draft of Jeff Nathanson's screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Scrum's mother was briefly mentioned, in which Scrum compared her to witches, specifically in that she was "Just incredibly ugly." Also in the draft, unlike the final cut of the film, Carina Smyth's conversation about horology was set after the mutiny on the Dying Gull. When Jack Sparrow mistakes Carina for a prostitute, he mentions that he knew a "horologist" named Venus who was "vertically reclined".[5]
Appearances[]
- The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth (First mentioned)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Disney Second Screen: Pirates Of The Caribbean On Stranger Tides - Archived
- ↑ Estimation based on Stephen Graham's age during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the fact that OST takes place in 1750.
- ↑ "My character was originally from the Greenwich area of London, a true sailor who's been out to sea since he was a kid." - Stephen Graham, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides production notes, p. 13
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- ↑ Dead Men Tell No Tales script by Jeff Nathanson, second draft, 5/6/2013