Im pretty sure they asked him if he wanted to do it and he said yes.
Johny Depp played the role of jack sparrow in the pirates of the caribbean.
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The Disney film "The Pirates of the Caribbean." for his role as Capt. Jack Sparrow.
According to an interview with Johnny Depp that was released shortly after the third movie, Johnny Depp admitted that is there is a fourth movie, he most definitely is one for it. When the fourth movie was confirmed, he signed up for it.
jack sparrow, fookingsheet
Orlando bloom played the lad and Jonny depp played jack sparrow
All I know is that Johnny Depp is keeping his role as Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush is keeping his role as Barbossa, but Kiera Knightley has said that she doesn't want to carry on with her role as Elizabeth because she wants to do different projects.
Of all Depp's characters, Captain Jack Sparrow is probably the most recognized. Runners up would be Edward Scissorhands and Icabod Crane. It's not surprising that two of three of these characters were in Tim Burton movies. Depp and Burton just seem to click, like John Ford and John Wayne in a younger Hollywood.
Depp will be portraying the artist himself, Salvador Dali.
The "principal actor" is the same as "lead actor". This would be an actor who has a major role in the movie versus a supporting actor or an extra. An example would be Johnny Depp as Captan Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean versus Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa.
Johnny Depp's first movie role was in The Nightmare on Elm Street and he played Glen Lantz.
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