Gemma Ward proves her "moment" is far from "over" by snagging a role in Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Yesterday's
lead story in The Sunday Telegraph's gossip pages reported that Gemma Ward is about to embark on her fourth film role, having scored a role in
Pirates of The Caribbean 4. No source was cited beyond a “friend” – who was not actually quoted confirming the role, just stating that "Gemma's focus is definitely on acting. She's spent the past year studying the craft full time in New York." In spite of the fact that neither IMDB’s
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 nor
Gemma Ward pages had any reference, the story nevertheless whipped across the net. Not that
frockwriter would presume to cast aspersions on
The Sunday Telegraph's sources (well, apart from perhaps those involved in the
Pauline Hanson photo debacle), we did want to make an effort to check things out before putting digit to keyboard.
And an extremely well-placed source close to Ward's business affairs (who we can’t name either unfortunately) confirmed it's true - Ward has definitely signed on for a role in the film.
The
Pirates of the Caribbean news follows four months after a source at Ward’s US model agency IMG told
The New York Post "Her moment's over. She's not coming back".
The comments were made in
A Supermodel Betrayed , an extensive feature which recounted the story of Ward’s rise and fall in the fashion business, following weight gain (the latter of course being prominently documented by
The Sunday Telegraph in a
front page story last year).
My gosh, so happy for her! POTC is HUGE.
<-- My reaction! 
