The good news is that conversations about environmental protection are happening in Congress and at the White House today. I serve on the House Natural Resources Committee, and during a hearing earlier this year, Iconfronted Sweetness aside, the news created a bit of a frenzy: Apparently Avan only had a week until he had to fly off to start training for the physically-demanding series, but such is life when you're an up-and-coming actor taking on big-deal roles. "I'm so excited to be part of this series," he told us, still flushed with emotion from winning the part. "It's going to be amazing to work with Sir Ben Kingsley, someone that I admired growing up. We'll be shooting in Morocco for five months. It's going to be incredibly physical: I'll be riding chariots, shooting arrows, throwing knives. I just need to learn how to do all that. This is my life—this is being an actor. That's the hardest part of the job, but it's also the most exciting: You never know what you're going to have to get good at, so you have to be really good at picking up stuff quickly. Like riding horses and chariots, of all things." In addition to Johnny Depp reprising his role as Jack in this latest film, we can also look forward to the the return of Orlando Bloom as Will Turner; the last time we saw Will was at the end of the third film as captain of the Flying Dutchman. (CLCV) — a key organization working to fight the climate crisis —to hold our elected leaders accountable