Maybe. With Pirates -- a surefire global moneymaker, only the latest installment of one of the biggest franchises of all time -- looming, a fellow actor warned him of the impending attention. "Someone, a famous actor, told me once -- I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing -- but I was at his house and he said, 'Are you on Twitter?'" said Claflin. "I said yes, I am. And he said, 'There'll be one day when you'll have, like, five friends. And in the same day it'll go to five thousand.'"
"And, you know, I've not got five thousand followers, but this week I had two hundred followers to begin with," he continued. "On Wednesday I had 210 followers. I'm checking -- he told me to keep checking every now and then and then see how quickly it sort of shoots up. Today, Friday, I have 850 or something. And you're just like, 'How has that just happened?'"
Claflin's actually been Tweeting for a year, posting anything from travelogues to appearances to personal thoughts and nerdy asides (Goonies references! Be still my heart.). He's also Tweeted to his girlfriend, actress Laura Haddock (sorry, ladies) and posted filming updates.
So Claflin fans (Claflans? Clafheads?), take note! While you're at it, follow Movieline on Twitter at @Movieline and stay tuned for our full chat with the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides star.