Pirates of the Caribbean star Geoffrey Rush parties with cast and crew at Gold Coast’s East nightclub

PIRATES of the Caribbean cast partied at a Gold Coast nightclub this weekend as filming at The Spit gets underway this morning.

PARTYGOERS at a popular Gold Coast nightclub this weekend found themselves hanging with stars and crew from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Film star Geoffrey Rush was among a large Pirates group who climbed aboard for a private American Independence Day party at Broadbeach club East.

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It comes as filming gets underway at The Spit this morning with roads into Bums Bay blocked for several hours as guards cover the perimeter of the park.

Johnny Depp is expected to appear on set within the hour but it likely to remain hidden until a possible meet and greet later in the week.

Rush, who plays buccaneer Hector Barbossa, and most of those starring and working on the fifth instalment of the franchise partied in costume at East on Saturday night.

They hired out the venue’s top floor from 8pm but East owner James Tweddell said they also spent the night mixing in the public area and on the dance floor.

“Geoffrey had a good time,” he said.

Photos on social media show Mr Rush, an Emmy-award winning Australian actor, dressed in his pirates outfit inside the venue.

The new Pirates of the Caribbean set at the Spit, Main Beach. Pic by Luke Marsden.

Mr Tweddell said Pirates lead Johnny Depp wasn’t among them but most of the cast and crew seemed to be there and were dressed in costumes.

“Americans love to dress up — we had Hulk Hogans, cheerleaders. They came to celebrate the 4th of July with a private party,” he said.

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“They drank a lot of Corona ... they had a good time. Put it this way, they started at 8pm and some left quite late.”

“We have worked with the Pirates crew a bit and have a good relationship with the whole crew.”