Lige meget hvad man synes om Pirates of the Caribbean-filmene, så er det svært at benægte at Johnny Depps Jack Sparrow-rolle er noget nær ikonisk, og selvom at omstændighederne omkring den igangværende er triste, så er der dog kommet lidt skæg inside-information ud omkring den måde Depp hånterede rollen i starten.
Som Slash Film skriver så arbejdede holdet på den første Pirates of the Caribbean-film med et nærmest ikkeeksisterende manuskript, så derfor var der megen frihed, men Disney-cheferne ønskede stadig at Depp spillede en klassisk macho-pirat, noget som Depp helt ignorerede.
"It had all the hallmarks of a Disney movie, which is to say a predictable three-act structure, and the character of Captain Jack was more of a swashbuckling type who would swing in shirtless and be the hero. I had completely different ideas about the character, so I incorporated my notes into the character and brought that character to life, much to Disney's chagrin at first.
Men til at starte med var Disney virkelig ikke imponerede, og sagde til Depp at Sparrow virkede både "fuld og homoseksuel" - en lidt sjov kommentar, som Depp dog tog let på:
"I got a call from the higher-ups at Disney who were brave enough to ask me: "What the hell are you doing?". And again the questions came: "Are you drunk? Are you gay? All I could say was, because they gave me a good line, I said, "Don't you know that all my characters are gay?". I really expected to be fired, but for some reason I wasn't. They would actually put subtitles under my character, they couldn't understand Captain Jack."
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