Production of the next sequel to the box office hit Pirates of the Caribbean is currently underway. The title of the fourth film in the series will be On Stranger Tides. On the quest for the legendary Fountain of Youth, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) meets the mermaid Syrena.
In the magazine EW, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently expressed his views on the casting of the actresses for the mermaid roles: Everything down to the fins must be real! “I don’t think they had breast augmentation in the 1700s. So it’s natural for casting people to say, ‘We want real people.’”
Last spring, it was reported that the casting call included the proviso that actresses with breast implants need not apply. But what exactly is the reasoning behind the refusal of breast implants?
Silicone implants possess several serious drawbacks: In most cases implant-augmented breasts do not look natural and they feel artificial. Furthermore, the implanting usually leaves visible scars in the lower breast fold or around the nipple. Plus frequent use is made of implants that are way too large, which has negative effects on breast shape.
In contrast, breast augmentation with autologous fat stem cells enables a completely natural and permanent enlargement of the breasts by as much as two cup sizes. A major advantage of this method is the fact that breasts augmented with stem cell-enriched autologous fat look completely natural in any position because they consist of autologous tissue. The liposuction and the implanting of the stem cell-enriched autologous fat are performed with fine cannulas and ultrathin injection needles and leave no scars.
Hence stem cell breast augmentation would surely have been no grounds for excluding someone from the casting call for Pirates of the Caribbean! At any rate we can assume that Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, the French-Spanish actress playing the mermaid Syrena, doesn’t have silicone implants.
DDr. Heinrich, MD