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Return of the pirate, Ahoy!
Actor Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow for the fourth time in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and he relished the opportunity to step into his old friend Jack’s boots.
Actor Johnny Depp, returns as Captain Jack Sparrow for the fourth time in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and he relished the opportunity to step into his old friend Jack’s boots.
“After finishing Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, somewhere in the back of my head I was thinking ‘I sure hope that I get the chance to play Jack again…’ I kind of expected that somebody would come round a couple of years later and say, ‘Hey, we have this idea…’,” he says. To Depp’s delight, that is exactly what happened.
On Stranger Tides is a stand-alone adventure that sees Jack set out on an epic journey to search for the fabled Fountain of Youth with a host of adversaries. “I think the story is more simplified this time,” he says. “Things are a little bit more clear-cut in Pirates 4 and it really feels like it’s close to the spirit of the first one,” he says.
Playing Jack occupies a special place in Depp’s heart. “There’s a great safety and a great comfort in playing Captain Jack,” he says.
“You can be completely irreverent, subversive, absolutely abstract in any and all situations, so there’s a real safety net.”
Depp doesn’t rule out playing Captain Jack again in the future. “I don’t mind the idea of stepping into Jack’s boots again. I love the character and I don’t feel like there’s any possibility of running out of new situations, new stories. So, depending on the scenario and what we can come up with, I would most definitely consider it,” he says.
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Name: John Christopher Depp, Jr.
Age: 47
Debut: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Known for: Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Donnie Brasco, Blow, Rango, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean series
Future projects: The Rum Diary, Jack & Jill, 21 Jump Street, Dark Shadows
