After not appearing in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Bloom appeared in a small role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. His return, and a literal one-shot cameo by Kiera Knightley, allowed the franchise to put a button on their relationship and the franchise’s major outstanding plot point.

Orlando Bloom recently told Entertainment Weekly that Kiera Knightley did "wonderful things" in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, a few months after she revealed that she endured public shaming because of her work in the movies.

Orlando Bloom says he sympathizes with his “Pirates of the Caribbean” costar Keira Knightley, who has expressed mixed feelings about the media attention she received after appearing in the blockbuster Disney film franchise.