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The film’s Will Turner is the perfect inversion of the historical reality. He starts as an honest blacksmith (lawful, land-based) and is reluctantly dragged into piracy. His father, “Bootstrap” Bill, is a nod to the real pirate “Bootstrap” (a nickname for a real sailor, though not named Turner).

William Turner Jr. is the moral compass and central protagonist of the first three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Portrayed by Orlando Bloom, he begins his journey as an earnest, law-abiding blacksmith's apprentice in Port Royal, only to discover that his heritage is inextricably linked to the sea and the outlaws he once despised. The Blacksmith's Origins william turner pirate