- "Hold your fire! There's a woman with him in the vault!"
"Never mind about that trollop!"
"Sir, I believe that's your wife..." - ―A Royal marine, Mayor Dix and Krill on Frances.
Frances was the wife of Mayor Dix on the island of Saint Martin.
Biography
Not much is known about Frances' early life. At some point of her life, she married a man Dix, who became Mayor of the town of Saint Martin.[1]
In 1751, the day of the opening of the Royal Bank of Saint Martin, when Frances' husband ordered to open the vault of the bank, he discovered the infamous pirate Captain Jack Sparrow sleeping there. Much to his dismay, Frances later emerged from the vault as well. Although the woman was called a "trollop" by Mayor Dix, the bank manager Krill identified as the mayor's wife. When Frances realized that she was discovered inside the vault along with Sparrow, she got surprised and ran to her husband's arms while Sparrow proceeded to escape from Dix's redcoats with the entire bank.[2]
Later, after both Sparrow and the "witch" Carina Smyth were taken into custody and sentenced to be hanged, Frances sat awkwardly beside Dix at Sparrow's hanging. However, the pirate was fortunately saved by his crew.[2] Her further fate is unknown.
Behind the scenes
Frances first appeared in Elizabeth Rudnick's novelization to the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.[1] Zoe Ventoura played the character, who was only named "Mayor's Wife" in the ending credits, while the name "Frances" was uttered by Mayor Dix onscreen.[2]
In the French adaptation of the Dead Men Tell No Tales novelization Frances is described as a "jeunne rousse" (young redhead).[4] Though the final version of the film, Frances was a brunette.[2]
Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization (First appearance)
- Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization, p43.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- ↑ Estimation based on Zoe Ventoura's age during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and the fact that the film's main events are set in 1751.
- ↑ Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar - Le roman du film, p. 36