Penelope Cruz is set to star in the fourth edition of The Pirates Of The Caribbean [ Images ] movie as Johnny Depp's [ Images ] love interest, it has emerged.

The beauty will be cast as the daughter of British actor Ian McShane's Blackbeard character in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

'She's the daughter of the bad guy... very feisty. There's a little romance between Captain Jack and the character that Penelope [ Images ] plays,' the Daily Express quoted McShane as saying.

Depp and Cruz had starred together in 2001 film Blow.  

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