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Article: MACKENZIE CROOK WEARS IT WELL; THE STAR OF 'THE OFFICE' AND 'PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN' ON THE LURE OF THE SKULL AND CROSSBONES.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2006
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Byline: STEPHANIE SMITH
Three years of dressing as a swashbuckling villain have had a curious effect on Mackenzie Crook's wardrobe and he's dubbed it 'pirate chic'. Crook, perhaps best known in the UK for his portrayal of super-nerd Gareth in The Office, spent last year filming Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel Dead Man's Chest. On location with Johnny Depp, Jack Davenport and Keira Knightley, Crook says the film got into their blood.
'It was weird,' he says. 'Little bits of pirate gear - bandanas, skull-and cross bones T-shirts, etc - kept creeping into our off-duty clothes, but the big craze was skull rings. Joel Harlow, the film's makeup man, designed ...