Johnny Depp has played several memorable characters in his career span of 4 decades. From Captain Jack Sparrow to Willy Wonka to Sweeney Todd, the list is quite amazing. Sparrow is one of his most beloved characters, which his fans love a lot. But no one knows if he will reprise the character in upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is expanding, and the makers have cast new faces. It looks like after all the speculations, Depp is not returning to play Captain Jack Sparrow anymore. At least his latest statement at San Sebastian Film Festival hints at it.
During a press conference at the Film Festival, Johnny Depp talked about playing Jack Sparrow at kids’ birthday parties. As reported by Movieweb, the actor said, “I suppose this is the positive side of having, in a strange way, given life to those characters like Captain Jack or whatever character that I was lucky enough to locate and bring to life the beauty of Captain Jack Sparrow. I’ll go to somebody’s house, man, I’ll perform at your kid’s birthday party at this point.”
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“I don’t need a company to do that. I can just do that myself and nobody can take that away. That’s the greatest pleasure of Jack Sparrow. I can travel with Captain Jack in a box – literally Captain Jack in a box – and when the opportunity is right and I’m able to go and visit people and places where the smiles and the laughs and the things that are important, the most important things in the world are on the line,” added Depp.
Meanwhile, after he lost the libel suit against the Sun, Johnny was fired from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Mads Mikkelsen replaced the actor as Gellert Gridelwald.
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