Depp ready to keep sailing as 'Pirates' Captain Jack
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[quote]JOHNNY Depp said on Saturday there was still plenty of life in Captain Jack Sparrow and the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise for future sequels after its fourth installment premiered at Cannes.
Depp said as long as the screenplays keep coming and his kids keep laughing at his rock-and-roll swashbuckler, he has no plans to lay down his sword.
'With Captain Jack I feel like there's much more to be had, much more fun to be had,' the 47-year-old US actor said. 'As long as the stories, the scripts are great and you have directors like Rob Marshall we'll be in good shape,' referring to the man at the helm of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
'If you're surrounded by such a creative force, I think the possibilities are endless,' he said. 'As long as the people want to see it, I'm there.' Depp said Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who has a cameo role as Sparrow's father in the film, and the amorous French skunk of Loony Tunes cartoons Pepe Le Pew continued to provide the inspiration for Jack.
'I started out secretly testing characters on (my kids) to see how their reactions would be,' he said. 'With my daughter we'd be playing Barbies and I'd try out these voices on her and she just say 'stop',' he joked. 'They came to see the movie and I can tell by their reaction if I did alright. I haven't been fired by my kids.'
He said that although the four Pirates movies had been a global box office juggernaut with US$2.6 billion (S$3.2 billion) in ticket sales, studio executives had found Depp's jaunty take on the part strange at the start. 'In terms of what I was bringing to the table character-wise, let's say there wasn't a group of Disney upper echelon people who had any enthusiasm for it - they almost subtitled me,' he said.[/quote]
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Oh I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Johnny! It's time to put the franchise away.
[quote]'With Captain Jack I feel like there's much more to be had, much more fun to be had,' the 47-year-old US actor said. 'As long as the stories, the scripts are great and you have directors like Rob Marshall we'll be in good shape,' referring to the man at the helm of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[/quote]
I love the franchise, and if they do keep it fresh I really hope they bring out more movies.
Yeah, no shit. What kind of idiot would abandon that cash cow?
[QUOTE=Matix;29835076]Yeah, no shit. What kind of idiot would abandon that cash cow?[/QUOTE]
Johnny Depp is one of the few people who do movies for the passion of acting and whatever they get from it, not the money.
Eh, number 3 was a bit of a clusterfuck in the story department. It and the pacing was all over the place.
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29835186]Johnny Depp is one of the few people who do movies for the passion of acting and whatever they get from it, not the money.[/QUOTE]
Seems like one hell of a fun role to play, so that pretty much makes it the best job ever.
Part of me died when Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom left the cast.
I love Johnny Depp, he's awesome.
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[QUOTE=Rong;29834970]Oh I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Johnny! It's time to put the franchise away.[/QUOTE]
Never
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29835186]Johnny Depp is one of the few people who do movies for the passion of acting and whatever they get from it, not the money.[/QUOTE]
This. Before Pirates, he was always starring in oddball shit nobody remembers purely because he loved the scripts.
Yesterday I won a ticked for the new Pirates movie premiere. I feel lucky.
Since when did Johnny Depp wear hipster glasses
I only like the first movie. I mean, that was just kind of a ghost story, with a curse and skeleton pirates and all. Then with the second and third they went completely overboard with fantasy shit. This fourth one is looking better imo (blackbeard), but the first is still by far the best.
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;29837539]Since when did Johnny Depp wear hipster glasses[/QUOTE]
he's kinda always had those
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;29837539]Since when did Johnny Depp wear hipster glasses[/QUOTE]
When wearing normal glasses became too mainstream.
As much as I love the series, Johnny Depp, and Jack Sparrow (along with the other characters), I think the series is more or less complete.
Isn't 50 year old Jack a bit silly?
[QUOTE=Chrille;29837611]I only like the first movie. I mean, that was just kind of a ghost story, with a curse and skeleton pirates and all. Then with the second and third they went completely overboard with fantasy shit. This fourth one is looking better imo (blackbeard), but the first is still by far the best.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, although I felt the second one was pretty good too. If they would have done one main ghost story/ mythical creature each movie I wouldnt mind. But as you said the third one flew off the fucking handle.
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"Why is all the rum gone"
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29835186]Johnny Depp is one of the few people who do movies for the passion of acting and whatever they get from it, not the money.[/QUOTE]
Rango is a good example of one of his recent works.
Even though that was mostly Voice Acting, he actually did real acting while doing the VA work to immerse himself into the role.
Depp is brilliant, can't wait for this movie.
i watch potc because depp is a great actor
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;29838512]Remember when he sneaked out in his custom to a London Primary School nearby because he got a letter from a kid. :allears:[/QUOTE]
I require a news link.
This is one franchise that DIDN'T get worse as it progressed :/
[QUOTE=Armyis1337;29835380]Part of me died when Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom left the cast.[/QUOTE]
Huh. I got a big dumb grin on my face. And then I figured out Pintel and Ragetti won't be in it. :\
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;29841817]Huh. I got a big dumb grin on my face. And then I figured out Pintel and Ragetti won't be in it. :\[/QUOTE]
:smith: They're not. But they were the funny part of movies.
[QUOTE=Chrille;29837611]I only like the first movie. I mean, that was just kind of a ghost story, with a curse and skeleton pirates and all. Then with the second and third they went completely overboard with fantasy shit. This fourth one is looking better imo (blackbeard), but the first is still by far the best.[/QUOTE]
The first one was really different from the rest of the movies. I mean, I really liked the second and third one, but I loved the first one.
Wahey
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;29837539]Since when did Johnny Depp wear hipster glasses[/QUOTE]
being hipster is too mainstream for johnny depp
I absolutely LOVED the POTC series - can't wait for another installment! :haw:
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