If you prefer to look at the world through the bottom of a glass, like captain Jack Sparrow, you are bound to encounter strange creatures on your voyages. According to Jack, he will have to deal with zombies, cut-throats, mermaids and vicious and gracious
Penélope Cruz on his quest to find the fountain of youth.
Since zombies are not my thing I decided to take look at the lovely sea creatures Jack will supposedly encounter on his quest to eternal life: mermaids (I'll leave Penelope Cruz for some other time).
Gemma Ward, lovely Australian model turned actress, and French actress
Astrid Berges-Frisbey landed the roles of the Mermaid and the Syrena in
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Since filming of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie only just begun, there aren't any photos of Gemma and Astrid as mermaids. So, I decided to take a look at some other memorable mermaids we've encounter on the big and small screens through the years.
My all time favorite mermaid is, and probably always will be
Daryl Hannah from Splash. Every time I see her underwater scenes from Splash, I am just speechless. The way she moves around, and doesn't have the slightest expression on her face that she's holding her breath under water, is just amazing.
Here's a list of mermaids I encountered on my voyage so far: