Johnny Depp Dons ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Role For One More Time

Johnny Depp dons Jack Sparrow's costume, headscarf, tattoos and all for his biggest fan who has gone through multiple heart surgeries.

Though Johnny Depp is not returning to his iconic role, he reprises the Pirates of the Caribbean character Capt. Jack Sparrow. Recently, a YouTube channel, Kraken The Box, operated by an 11-year-old boy named, Kori, shared a personal video. In the clip, Depp was donning Captain Jack Sparrow’s cap as a part of the latest collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Depp said in the video, which shows him wearing Jack Sparrow’s costume, headscarf, tattoos and all, “So, Capt. Kori, terribly sorry I missed out on this. Meant to say it, forgot to say it, didn’t say it, gonna say it now. Saying it, I’ll say it.” The actor added, “I hear tell of something they speak about in the ages of now called the YouTube channel, which I don’t understand, but why not?” Depp goes on to say he “shall be glad to follow your YouTube channel and I shall tell all my friends to follow your Youtube channel.”

Credit: Official YouTube Channel Of Kraken The Box

However, Kori’s YouTube account has gained 176,000 subscribers since the page was created on Nov. 28, largely featuring pirate-themed videos. “I think will make for a wonderful entertainment expertise momentary lapse of togetherness altogether in one space, but far apart, but then, at the same time, very close,” Depp — as the eccentric Jack Sparrow — said of the video-sharing platform. “Curious, enduring and strange.”

The kid is a huge fan of Jack Sparrow and frequently watched the Pirates movies “during his multiple heart surgeries and subsequent recovery periods. Depp also chatted with the kid on a video call, still in character as Jack Sparrow, in which the actor promises to officially name Kori “Capt. Kori.”

While Depp’s future with the Pirates franchise remains uncertain in the wake of his highly publicized defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor has a history of making charitable donations to hospitals and visiting with sick children dressed as Jack Sparrow. Moreover, Depp earned an Oscar nomination for his character’s debut in 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and he last played the part in the 2017 fifth instalment.

Credit: Official YouTube Channel Of Kraken The Box

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