{"id":163362,"date":"2022-12-20T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-producer-explains-why-you-cant-kill-johnny-depps-jack-sparrow-role\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:35:03","slug":"pirates-of-the-caribbean-producer-explains-why-you-cant-kill-johnny-depps-jack-sparrow-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-producer-explains-why-you-cant-kill-johnny-depps-jack-sparrow-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates of the Caribbean Producer Explains Why “You Can’t” Kill Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow Role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can’t make Jack Sparrow walk the plank.<\/p>\n

At least that’s how Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> producer Jerry Bruckheimer<\/strong> feels about Johnny Depp<\/strong>‘s iconic character. While talk of new projects in the popular film franchise have made headlines, the question of whether or not Depp will be a part of them remains a topic of discussion. But as Bruckheimer recently shared, writing Depp’s character off simply can’t be.<\/p>\n

“You can’t,” Bruckheimer said of killing Jack Sparrow in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> published Dec. 19. “We tried to kill him. It didn’t work.”<\/p>\n

Bruckheimer also noted he would be glad to have Depp\u2014who won a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard <\/strong>this year\u2014back on set.<\/p>\n

“I would love to have him in the movie,” he told the outlet. “He’s a friend, a terrific actor and it’s unfortunate that personal lives creep into everything we do.”<\/p>\n

When asked if Disney would put Depp in a Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> movie again after his highly-publicized trial, Bruckheimer shared, “You’d have to ask them. I can’t answer that question.”<\/p>\n

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On June 1, a Virginia jury found Heard liable of defaming Depp in a 2018 Washington Post<\/em> op-ed, in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” without specifically naming the actor in the piece. The jury awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate<\/strong> later reduced the punitive damages to $350,000 to meet the state’s statutory cap.<\/p>\n

Although Heard filed to appeal the verdict, she released a statement Dec. 19 announcing she had made the decision to settle the case instead.<\/p>\n

During the trial, Depp’s acting career was discussed and, at one point, the 59-year-old tested that he had no interest in playing Jack Sparrow onscreen again.<\/p>\n

“The fact is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this Earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> film? Correct?” Heard’s lawyer asked, to which Depp replied while on the stand, “That is true.”<\/p>\n