Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter claims that Disney “balked” at Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s suggestion of Depp cameoing as Jack Sparrow in Margot Robbie’s upcoming spin-off.
Despite the controversy, Depp’s fans have been rallying around him and now a petition titled We want Johnny Depp back as Jack Sparrow has surpassed its goal of 500,000 signatures.
Written to Bruckheimer and The Walt Disney Company, it reads: “Johnny Depp has been out recently as Captain Jack Sparrow. We don t really know the real reason though.
“He has been playing this role since 2003 when we first saw him arriving at the Port Royal in his boat with that epic background music playing.”
McNally made his comments during a chat with Ellis on the latter’s video podcast The Respondent.
The Mr Gibbs actor said:“ My dream is that some sort of link will be needed between what has been before and whatever bizarre incarnation of it there is to come.
“But I sincerely think that my fate is so tied in with Johnny’s that I will go with him, if indeed he does go.”
Asked if Depp’s Jack Sparrow should be in Pirates 6, McNally said: “Yes is the simple answer to that.”
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McNally added: “My feelings about this are very complex because in a sense there was a slight feeling that the franchise itself had played out a little bit, so a reboot is a reasonable idea.
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Johnny Depp has starred across five Pirates of the Caribbean movies to date, but following recent controversies, his future in Disney’s blockbuster franchise has been uncertain. Most recently the 57-year-old was asked to resign from the Fantastic Beasts movies after losing his libel trial, in which he strongly denies domestic abuse allegations. While even a cameo in the upcoming Margot Robbie-led Pirates spin-off is now looking even less likely.
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Today, Pirates of the Caribbean is a huge billion-dollar movie franchise, but when the first movie was in production it was a huge gamble for Disney. The last movie in the swashbuckling genre was 1995’s Cutthroat Island, which was a total box office flop and led to the closure of Carolco Pictures. So when Disney hired Johnny Depp to play Captain Jack Sparrow in The Curse of the Black Pearl, his take on the character was seen as very risky.