Johnny Depp returns as Jack Sparrow to fulfill a sick fan’s dream

Johnny Depp returns to his character of Jack Sparrow, but not to record another installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, but to collaborate with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This non-profit institution is dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children (ages 2-18) suffering from a critical illness.

Receiving some news from Sparrow was the wish of little Kori, a youtuber who, at just 11 years old, is going through a very delicate moment. kori He needed a heart transplant and several surgeries to fight the heart disease he suffered from birth.

And so it was, Jack, the most pirated pirate of all time, wanted to send him a message, obviously clumsy, given that new technologies can be a bit complicated for an anachronistic ‘son of the sea’: “I’m so sorry I missed this. [su canal de YouTube]. I’ve heard of something these days called YouTube, which I don’t understand much about, but…why not? I think it can be a wonderful entertainment experience to have moments together in the same space, but separate, yet very close at the same time. Curious, enduring and strange”Sparrow told him.

Her constant struggle with the disease hasn’t made Kori give up the things she likes and make her happy. Her YouTube channel (Kraken The Box) has become her safe place to talk about what he is most passionate about, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” saga. In less than a month that it was opened, and thanks to Deep’s message, the child’s channel has grown to 186,000 followers.something sneaky Jack was keen to point out: “I wish you luck. I’m your number one fan ‘Captain Kori’ […] I will be happy to follow your YouTube channel and I will also tell all my friends to follow it”promised the actor.

The boy’s relationship with the captain of the Black Pearl did not end there, days later Kori uploaded an extract of a video call she had with the pirate to Kraken The Box, where it was made clear Sparrow’s promise to officially name the baby “Captain Kori”.

Although the contact between captains remains firm, the relationship between Deep and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ it remains where it was before the trial of Amber Heardof which despite having had a favorable outcome for the actor, a return of the character to the big screen is not considered, thus becoming this collaboration between Deep and Make-A-Wish as “the day Captain Jack Sparrow almost came back”.

Other characters who have collaborated with Make-A-Wish

Make-A-Wish was founded in 1993 in the United States. It was born as a neighborhood organization to fulfill a wish of a 7-year-old boy from the neighborhood affected by the heavy burden of leukemia. Nearly 30 years later, the foundation has managed to grant more than 520,000 wishes to children around the world. Furthermore, it is common for celebrities from the international scene to volunteer to collaborate with the foundation. Where Deep has now gone, other artists such as Julie Andrews, Michael Jackson or Miley Cyrus, among others, have already gone. However, it was John Cena who broke the record in this 2023 for the character who collaborated the most with the associationwith more than 600 lawsuits behind it.