“They had to invent a trilogy out of nowhere," he tells EW. "It was plot driven and complicated. I remember talking to [Gore Verbinski] at certain points during production of 2 or 3, and saying: 'I don't really know what this means.' He said, 'Neither do I, but let's just shoot it.' This guy is this guy's dad, and this guy was in love with this broad. It was like, 'What?'" Depp also freely admits that his general lack of interest meant that didn’t even see the finished second or third films—not that it would have helped clear things up.