Johnny Depp To Retire From ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’

Johnny Depp To Retire From 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
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He claimed to be the best pirate you ever heard of, but Johnny Depp’s days on the high sea may be coming to a close. According to Stuart Beattie, screenwriter for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Depp is looking to retire from his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. Beattie said the following:

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“He’s had a great run. He’s made that character his own and it’s become the character he’s most famous for. And kids all over the world love him as that character so I think it’s been great for him, it’s been great for us, so I’m just very, very happy about it. I think Jack Sparrow will be his legacy. It’s the only character he’s played five times, it’s the character he dresses up in to visit children in hospitals, it’s what he’ll be remembered for.

Before Jack Sparrow came along, [Depp] was considered this kind of quirky, independent actor that made these really cool little Tim Burton films, but he was by no means a movie star and a lot of people thought we were crazy for casting him at the time. Because he wasn’t a proven commodity; you know, a big movie star. And we were making a big movie and we were putting this quirky, independent actor in the middle of it and people thought we were crazy. The fact that it worked is a miracle.

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They were certainly nervous watching the rushes everyday but when it all came together, something just clicked and it was magic and connected with audiences. I’m proud to be a part of it.”

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This follows reports that Disney is looking to reboot the franchise, tapping Deadpool scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to pen a new screenplay. The screenwriter also addressed this news:

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“And the fact that they’re rebooting something that you did, means that you did something that is worth rebooting. So I tend to look at it as the glass half full and it’s an honor to be rebooted.”

Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brendon Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Golshifteh Farahani, Kevin McNally, Stephen Graham, Orlando Bloom, and Geoffrey Rush.

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea… including him. Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is now available on Digital and Blu-ray.

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