I was dyslexic, bullied and insecure but then I discovered acting and look at me now Shy traits

show after four seasons and appeared in indie films including Moon and Wuthering Heights before finding Hollywood stardom in sci-fi thriller The Maze Runner and its sequel, with a third due next year. But despite all her experience, Kaya admits feeling weak at the knees when filming began on Pirates. “I’d met Johnny Depp, at the table read, but when he came on set dressed as Jack Sparrow, that was it – I was a little kid again. I was more starstruck by Jack Sparrow than I was by Johnny Depp.”

Filming in Australia opposite Depp, 54, and swashbuckling cut-throats played by Geoffrey Rush, 65, and Javier Bardem, 48, left Kaya in awe. “You look around on set and think: Oh, three Oscars. It’s crazy,” she says.

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“Every day was a lesson in acting. It was like going to the best drama school ever for six months – and it happened to be on the beach.

“Johnny was very kind to me. He’s wonderful. He becomes Jack Sparrow and just lets it flow, and fall out of him. Geoffrey was so

Johnny was so kind to me. He’s wonderful. He becomes Jack Sparrow and just lets it flow KAYA SCODELARIO ON WORKING WITH PIRATES STAR DEPP