Johnny Depp looks to have fallen on even harder times following the outcome of his latest court case opposite ex-wife Amber Heard, and there’s been widespread speculation that none of the major studios are too keen to work with the actor following the swathes of negative publicity that have been following him everywhere he goes over the last couple of years.
The 57 year-old’s fans are staunchly backing him even if Hollywood won’t, and his supporters aren’t happy that Disney are moving forward on two Pirates of the Caribbean movies without him. It was the role of Jack Sparrow that transformed Depp from the eccentric darling of independent cinema to a genuine A-lister, with Jack Sparrow becoming a cultural icon from the very second he showed up onscreen.
Not only did it make Depp one of the highest-paid stars in the industry after launching a multi-billion dollar franchise, but Curse of the Black Pearl also brought him the first Academy Award nomination of his career. The stories are famous about how the Mouse House thought he was ruining the movie with his off-kilter approach to the character, but it turned out pretty well for all parties in the end.
However, writer Stuart Beattie admitted in a recent interview that he had someone else in mind when developing the story alongside Jay Wolpert and credited screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
“I initially wrote that character with Hugh Jackman in mind. Hence the name, Captain Jack. I had seen Jackman in all these musicals growing up, so I knew this guy was a phenomenal talent and so that’s what I thought of, ‘Jack. Yeah, Jack Sparrow!’.”
Depp is so intrinsically linked to Jack Sparrow that you can’t imagine anyone else heading up a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and while Jackman would have given it his all, the results were pretty terrible when he did eventually get to play a seafaring swashbuckler in Joe Wright’s critical and commercial disaster Pan in 2015.
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