Will Turner

Categories: Pirates of the Caribbean | Fictional pirates | Fantasy film characters | Kingdom Hearts characters

Will Turner, full name William Turner, is a fictional character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean, played by Orlando Bloom. He is a blacksmith working in Port Royal, and in love with Elizabeth Swann.

Will is the son and only child of the pirate "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. He bears a great resemblance to his father, both in appearance and in physical ability.

Bootstrap was a crew member on the Black Pearl under Captain Jack Sparrow's command. When the crew mutinied under First Mate Barbossa's leadership, Bootstrap objected to the mutiny and stated that the crew deserved to be cursed. Bootstrap sent away a piece of the Aztec gold to Will so that the crew would remain cursed forever. When Captain Barbossa learned of this, he had Bootstrap tied to a cannon (ironically, by his bootstraps) and thrown overboard. Unfortunately for him, it was afterward that Barbossa learned Turner blood would be necessary to break the Aztec curse on the gold. With Bootstrap Bill lost to the deep, Will is the last remaining source of the Turner blood needed to break the curse.

It was believed that Will Turner was based on Guybrush Threepwood, the main character of the video game Monkey Island.