 The film is the first in the series when Captain Barbossas first  name, Hector, is said. Interestingly, the writers did not initially  plan on giving the character a first name: on the commentary for  _Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)_ (qv),  actor Johnny Depp jokingly said that Barbossas name was Hector;  this comment was misinterpreted by fans to be the characters actual  name, and thus left the writers to feel that they had no choice but  to include it in the series.