Los Angeles, Hollywood actor Johnny Depp says he is open to reprising his role as Jack Sparrow in another “Pirates of the Caribbean” film and is always up for collaborating with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on any project.
In a recent interview with the entertainment news outlet Entertainment Tonight, the actor was asked about his return to the franchise. The actor has featured in five “Pirates of the Caribbean films in the role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp’s role in the film series remains amongst the most notable roles of the actor and even earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Depp is currently promoting his film “Ebenezer”, which will release on November 13 and features the actor alongside Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint and Andrea Riseborough among others. “If things are exactly where they need to be with regard to how they are going to top off the ‘Pirates’ franchise… the only involvement I really want to have, truly, is just to send them off on a better note,” he said. The first film, “The Curse of the Black Pearl”, released in 2003, followed by “Dead Man’s Chest” in 2006, “At World’s End” in 2007, “On Stranger Tides” in 2011 and “Dead Men Tell No Tales”, which released in 2017.
He said the script is in development. “We’re talking with Johnny , we’re working on a screenplay, and trying to get this done,” he said at the D23 event.
Earlier, Bruckheimer also spoke of Depp’s return to the franchise.
