Johnny Depp Weighs In on Pirates Return as He Makes Big-Screen Comeback (Exclusive)

Another character of yours we love is Jack Sparrow, and Jerry Bruckheimer just told me that you two were talking about kicking that off again. It was up to me, of course. I love having him back in the movie. He's fabulous. He's a great actor and a good friend. Well, it looks like he's... Are there conversations between the two of you about getting the band back together? I've certainly spoken to him, but we'll see what happens. Where do we stand with that, and could we see you two set sail? Well, I don't know if you'll see us set sail. We might do that privately. If things are Exactly where they need to be with regard to how they're going to top off the Pirates thing. The only involvement that I really want to have, truly, is just to send them off on a better note. I don't know what to say. I've got to work with Bruckheimer tomorrow for anything, you know. It doesn't matter if it's Jerry. I trust him and we have deep... It's been nearly a decade since we've seen you disappear into one of these big, larger-than-life characters. What was it about Scrooge that made you want to, you know, get back in it again? Ty West and Charles Dickens. Oh my goodness. It's also, I mean, it's such a classic character, and we all know... Our versions of Scrooge, I remember being a kid and absolutely being addicted to the Alastair Sim's version of Scrooge, the black and white, and still am. So for me the challenge was It was, how do you, how do you... were you going to sneak inside and locate something potentially interesting. Or not more interesting than Alastair Sim's version, but just where you're going to, you know, find those things in between. Yeah, yeah. And the story of Scrooge is ultimately one about second chances. How much of this story resonated with you at this time in your life? I mean, it's always resonated with me. Christmas Carol, Dickens in general, was always a great inspiration. He was a through-and-through creative. Charles Dickens. So for me, it was really more than anything. It was just about how do you find your way in and out. Merry Christmas. Hamburger.