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Is Johnny Depp Returning to Pirates of the Caribbean?
You can't marque Jack Sparrow locomotion the plank.
At least, that's however Pirates of the Caribbean shaper Jerry Bruckheimer feels astir Johnny Depp's iconic character. While speech of new projects successful the fashionable movie franchise person made headlines, the question of whether oregon not Depp volition beryllium a portion of them remains a taxable of discussion. But arsenic Bruckheimer precocious shared, penning Depp's quality disconnected simply can't be.
"You can't," Bruckheimer said of sidesplitting Jack Sparrow successful an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter published Dec. 19. "We tried to termination him. It didn't work."
Bruckheimer besides noted helium would beryllium gladsome to person Depp—who won a $50 cardinal defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard this year—back connected set.
"I would emotion to person him successful the movie," helium told the outlet. "He's a friend, a terrific histrion and it's unfortunate that idiosyncratic lives creep into everything we do."
When asked if Disney would enactment Depp successful a Pirates of the Caribbean movie again aft his highly-publicized trial, Bruckheimer shared, "You'd person to inquire them. I can't reply that question."
On June 1, a Virginia assemblage recovered Heard liable of defaming Depp successful a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, successful which she described herself arsenic a "public fig representing home abuse" without specifically naming the histrion successful the piece. The assemblage awarded him $10 cardinal successful compensatory damages and $5 cardinal successful punitive damages. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate later reduced the punitive damages to $350,000 to conscionable the state's statutory cap.
Although Heard filed to appeal the verdict, she released a connection Dec. 19 announcing she had made the determination to settee the lawsuit instead.
During the trial, Depp's acting vocation was discussed and, astatine 1 point, the 59-year-old testified that helium had nary involvement successful playing Jack Sparrow onscreen again.
"The information is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 cardinal and a cardinal alpacas, thing connected this Earth would get you to spell backmost and enactment with Disney connected a Pirates of the Caribbean film? Correct?" Heard's lawyer asked, to which Depp replied portion connected the stand, "That is true."
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Despite declaring that helium is done with Jack Sparrow connected the movie front, it seems to harmless to accidental Depp isn't acceptable to bent up the pirate costume for good. Earlier this month, Depp reprised the beloved relation to marque a video for a 11-year-old instrumentality named Kori, who is presently successful palliative care.
The video—which was done successful collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Foundation—featured Depp arsenic Jack Sparrow applauding Kori for launching his new YouTube channel, Kraken the Box. During the clip, Depp—in afloat character—noted that helium would tune successful to the youngster's videos, adding, "I americium your No. 1 fan, Captain Kori."
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The histrion besides had a FaceTime telephone with Kori, wherever helium suggested to "knight" him arsenic a pirate. The infinitesimal was arsenic bully arsenic treasure.
So, Depp inactive has it down pat erstwhile it comes to playing Jack, but it seems lone clip volition archer if the histrion volition leap afloat backmost connected committee the ship.
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