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Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow Style Highlights
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 6:58PM 
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is dominating the box office this weekend after being released on Friday. This movie, starring Johnny Depp earned over $300 million worldwide according to the Wall Street Journal....and it’s only Sunday, so far. While moviegoers enjoy the adventures of their favorite pirate on the big screen, the May 13th issue of Entertainment Weekly features actor Johnny Depp on the cover and offers a deeper look into several elements of Captain Jack Sparrow’s costume from the actor’s perspective.
In a feature titled “Johnny Depp’s Guide to Captain Jack’s Style” within the magazine’s cover story, Depp shares some rather off-putting thoughts on the gold tooth hanging from the character’s bandanna. He claims that Captain Jack Sparrow swallowed one of his gold teeth.... “ad then...well, he waited for it.” Um, okay....what moviegoer wouldn’t find that to be pretty disgusting?
Johnny Depp also mentions how he worked with the costume designer for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” to add antique lace to Jack Sparrow’s list of arm and hand accessories for suggesting that it came from a former lover but the 80s ring belonging to Depp that features a green stone and skulls may be more interesting because it has become a significant part of Jack Sparrow’s wardrobe on retail products based on this movie character.
The ring also adds a unique touch to the costume since it is an item owned by the actor who has to play this pirate role. Maybe it helps to bring Depp closer to Sparrow or something....who knows?! This would not be the first time that an actor used his or her own belongings in a film but where “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is concerned, it appears that the little things matter more than I thought when creating certain traits for a movie character.
This King Dong series post is dedicated to Alana of Writercize.
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Reader Comments (4)
Very interesting! And yeah, this movie has been tearing it up since the weekend. Karin and I have made a point to go see it this week. Haven't been to a movie theater in quite a while what with the kid and all. But we're determined to find a sitter so we can watch Captain Jack for a couple of hours in the next few days!
Yay - thanks for all the Johnny love!!!
Btw, I just joined another challenge you might be interested in. It's a weekly word prompt so it's pretty flexible and you can fit it into your writing anywhere. This week it's "expectations." Check my Monday post this week for the link for the challenge if you want to do it, and if you have FB send me a message and I can send you the FB group link for you to sign up. Since you're up for writing challenges I thought of you!!
Herman,
I hope that you and Karin enjoy your outing to see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie....both of you deserve it and the little one should never stop your movie going experience, lol. I wonder if there is a market for movie theaters that feature on-site sitters or an on-site "hour care" similar to day care but only lasting like 2 hours or whatever...depending on which movie parents want to see. Like, there should be a section of the on-site baby/kid care center for each theater, so the time would go along with what is playing in a specific theater on that day....for example, if Pirates of the Caribbean is in theater A and Fast Five is in theater B....then there should be an "A" baby care section with Jane Doe as the sitter and a "B" baby care section with Janice Doe as the sitter, lol....a different sitter per theater!
Alana,
Thanks for thinking of me. I will check out your post on the writing prompts. All of the Johnny love is my pleasure to give to you since I delayed posting about him during April, so I wanted to dedicate the whole month for one of your chosen topics, to try and make up for my lack of Johnny Depp posting a few weeks ago!
I may join in on the writing activity. I'll have to check me schedule and figure out the direction that I want to take the Madlab Post's sister blogs on Posterous and Wordpress first.
I would message you on FB but I'm not on there....in fact, I am anti-FB (maybe that is a topic that I should write about on this blog, I don't know, lol) and do not plan to be on there any time soon....but I hope that you are enjoying the experience of the weekly writing prompts :)
You should completely write about being anti-FB! That would be such an interesting read.