A report hints that Disney has blocked Johnny Depp’s cameo in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the company had been distancing themselves from the actor even before his “wife beater” defamation case in the UK.
You can read the relevant excerpt from the report below:
Disney had already backed away from a Pirates future with Depp well before the UK trial, even if it never formally severed ties. Bruckheimer, who has been one of Depp’s biggest champions and once suggested the finger injury happened because “he got it caught in a car door,” was hoping to at least bring the Captain Jack Sparrow character back briefly in the next outing — said to be a female-centric incarnation fronted by Margot Robbie. Disney balked.
Following the case, the troubled actor was also removed from his role as Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them movie series.
Johnny Depp has gained immense fame and recognition for his role as Jack Sparrow in the original Pirates of the Caribbean, earning him an Academy Award nomination and leading to a starring role in all four sequels. He went on to become one of the highest-paid stars, appearing in multiple other Disney movies including Alice in Wonderland.
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Last month, more than 350,000 people signed a petition to bring him back as Captain Jack Sparrow, although that now seems unlikely.
“They have to bring him back to rule the seas again or we will never watch any Pirates of the Caribbean movie without our Captain,” stated the petition.
