7:40AM Seth | In Johnny Depp, Disney found an unlikely Mickey messiah. His once-dicey-seeming turn as a scenery-chewing eyeliner junkie was a risk worth taking, it turned out, and it wasn’t long before
Pirates of the Caribbean’s staggering grosses had execs’ eyeballs rolling back into their heads, replaced by spinning gold bullion. Resisting the urge to stuff their single biggest revenue generator into a chest and throw away the key until Depp had completed filming on
Pirates 4 through
18, the company instead lay out a buffet of properties and encouraged the actor to help himself—and he did, committing to parts like
the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland; The Lone Ranger’s sidekick Tonto; and, in his biggest stretch to date, the titular transportation device of Jerry Bruckheimer’s thrilling
Monorail: The Motion Picture. Still, we haven’t yet seen the last of Captain Jack Sparrow, a role Depp is reportedly revisiting for a $56 million paycheck. From
the Daily Mail:
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