Johnny Depp’s Weird Request to Play Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Though he will never return to the iconic Disney franchise, Johnny Depp will forever be associated with Jack Sparrow. But it wouldn’t always be as it’s known now, since the actor had a strange request to star in the first film “Pirates of the Caribbean”.

Currently the sixth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film is still in doubt, from which many rumors have emerged, especially after the dismissal of Johnny Depp by Disney, after the lawsuit against Amber Heard. But now it’s time to travel to the beginning of the franchise.

For the first film of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, Johnny Depp had a meeting with Gore Verbinksi, the director of the film, to discuss some terms with which they would build the character of Jack Sparrow. The protagonist talked about the approach for the protagonist of “The Curse of the Black Pearl”.

For the physical version of “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, Johnny Depp proposed that Jack Sparrow had a blue nose. The actor’s idea was that the character would lose a sword fight, in which he lost his nose, and stitched it up, but due to poor circulation, he would become colored.

Jack Sparrow’s blue nose in “Pirates of the Caribbean”

The strange request from Johnny Depp to play Jack Sparrow It clearly shocked the director, as well as the Disney executives. However, realizing his words, the actor himself immediately retracted, accepting that it was an idea they could not carry on.

The director of “Pirates of the Caribbean” was relieved to learn that Johnny Depp has given up on proposing that Jack Sparrow had a blue nose, who had already decided to persuade Disney with that idea. Fortunately, the character has not undergone more radical changes, and has managed to be as we know him now.

Meanwhile, some fans dream of seeing Johnny Depp in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ again, however, he himself said he would not return to the franchise as Jack Sparrow, even though he was offered $ 300 million, as he said during the trial. against Amber Heard.