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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will be closer to "the first film" in the saga, promises Kaya Scodelario.

The actress stars in the upcoming fifth entry in the swashbuckling series and she has revealed what fans can expect from the latest instalment.

Speaking to Digital Spy, she said: "It [does have] a lot more of the first movie [Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl], that's what they wanted to bring it back to.

"[The producers] want to take it back to the beginning again. They wanted it to have this epic journey, and for it to make sense, and for it to tie things up, and also lead to new storylines."

The Skins actress, 23, will play Carina Smyth in the film, and revealed her character is hunting for the "trident of Poseidon.

She added: "[Carina] is an astronomer, and she is an academic. She's fighting for the right to study at university, because women couldn't at that time.

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"So she's on her own journey - looking for the trident of Poseidon - and she has a diary with clues, and she encounters Jack Sparrow along the way, and he messes everything up. As he does. And it's fun!"

Johnny Depp (Jack Sparrow), Orlando Bloom (Will Turner), Geoffrey Rush (Hector Barbossa) and Stephen Graham (Scrum) will all be back for the new movie, although Keira Knightly won't be reprising the role of Elizabeth Swan.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is expected to hit the big screen in July 2017.