What Nearly Got Johnny Fired?

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JOHNNY DEPP has revealed that he nearly didn't get the chance to bring one of his most famous characters, Captain Jack Sparrow from The Pirates of the Caribbean, to life on the big screen after nearly getting fired

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"They wanted to fire me.I fully expected to be fired, and I got a call from the upper echelon at Disney who were courageous enough to ask me, 'What the fuck are you doing?'"Depp said during an appearance at AFI Fest, reports Moviefone.

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Depp's eccentric portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the film - which he said was based on Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards - has since become the stuff of film legend (not to mention the inspiration for countless fancy-dress costumes) but it appeared to concern those financing the film at the start.

"The questions came up, 'Is the performance drunk?Is it gay?'All I could say was - 'cause they set me up with a great line - I said, 'Well don't you know all my characters are gay?'" he laughed."They were actually gonna put subtitles under my character, they couldn't understand Captain Jack."

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