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Johnny Depp Still up for More Pirates Movies
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 Depp simply brilliant in complex pirate role.Last month a 10-foot-tall Captain Jack Sparrow was plastered on Sunset Boulevard and suddenly pirates started popping up all over the place — yet again. In LA's shop windows there are skulls on boob tubes (with bling) and tank-tops are covered with crossbones. Bandannas are back and pirate-related merchandise is proving to be more popular than ever.
"I drew the line at hygiene products. It just seemed wrong. Like Captain Jack toothpaste. How can a guy with gold teeth sell toothpaste? It's like a bald man selling shampoo," said Johnny Depp, when asked how the guy from 21 Jump Street ended up on Pop Tarts and lunchbox lids.
"The Jump Street guy — that was 20 years ago. I didn't have a lot of perspective or experience or the sense of humour that I do now."
Depp clearly loves his piratical role and has his priorities in place. At last year's press junket he arrived two hours late but was quickly forgiven — he was gracious and looked great.
This year there was no Johnny on press day, but he made sure he was walking the 1000-foot-long red carpet at the world premiere yesterday.
"It's madness," he said, between signing autographs for some of the 15,000 screaming fans that had waited at Disneyland for over 12 hours.
"None of it makes sense to me. I have no idea what works (in Hollywood) but I love the character and sure, I'd consider being Jack again. Why not?"
There's no question that the third instalment of the Pirates saga will pull in piles of booty at the box office (pundits predict it will break the US$1 billion record set by the second Pirates movie), but some critics say it won't all be smooth sailing.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is rated R (aaarrrrr!). At 197 minutes, it's longer than the last two films, and the plot is much more complicated. Sure, there are thrills, spills and chills, but at times it was difficult to follow, and I wondered what the kiddies would make of it. So I looked to the cast to make things clearer.
"It's darker. Will Turner definitely has more edges. The characters are much more complex," said Orlando Bloom, who had no problem looking like airbrushed eye candy in person.
Keira Knightley said she made sure she got some "seriously fierce sword-fighting scenes". Like Bloom, she's an aesthetic boon to the film, and can pull off her trademark pout even when she is in the middle of a bloody battle.
The film's producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, said the first Pirates film was about swashbuckling, but things had changed somewhat.
"We really reinvented the wheel with two and three. We brought in new characters; we made the others more complicated. Now there are interweaving plotlines, double-crosses, deceptions, a reversal of fortunes and some spectacular special effects," Bruckheimer said.
As for Johnny's icon, Keith Richards — I barely noticed him, but everyone else did.
"There was so much anticipation about him being involved," said Depp, who was responsible for getting the Rolling Stones guitarist on set for three days to play his papa.
"Keith Richards is the guy that invented charisma. It was like this gunslinger who arrived in the town, charmed all the women, impressed all the men and then split."
But the most impressive part of this billion-dollar bonanza is Captain Jack Sparrow, who has already hinted he will be setting sail again soon.
"If I walk away from Jack now, I'll walk away with some amazing memories. But At World's End leaves open the possibility of a fourth or fifth movie, which I wouldn't be opposed to on an actor level because I feel there is a lot more territory to explore with Captain Jack," Depp said.
"I've never really felt I'm done with playing the character, so why shouldn't we try a fourth and a fifth?"
Methinks Johnny is perusing the pages of the next sequel and signing on the dotted line as we speak...
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