Sam Claflin lands role opposite Johnny Depp in `Pirate 4`

Los Angeles: British actor Sam Cladflin has been roped in by Disney to star along side Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp in the fourth `Pirate` film.Claflin was selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary, in Walt Disney Pictures`/Jerry Bruckheimer Films` epic adventure `Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides`, the fourth in the blockbuster series of films.

Depp, 46, will be reprising his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie, which is slated to open on May 20, 2011, a statement from Disney said. Hailing from the UK, Claflin attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He then won roles in the historical mini-series `The Pillars of the Earth` alongside actors Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew MacFadyen and Donald Sutherland, followed by the telefilm `The Lost Future`. Directed by Marshall, whose feature credits include Academy Award-winning film `Chicago`, `Memoirs of a Geisha` and `Nine`, the film will begin shooting in June. The movie will be shot entirely on location in Hawaii, Great Br itain and Los Angeles. PTI