"I toyed with the idea of what it might be like to live with some species of heatstroke that maybe didn't go away all that quickly. He's a pirate, which is about rum, sodomy and the lash, isn't it? So, to be able to keep things like that in my head, when I'm going to do a film for Disney, I'd been through the ringer. That was like infiltrating the enemy camp. I wasn't able to stop smiling."

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Source: Johnny Depp on His Varied Career, Jack Sparrow, and “Torturing” Leonardo DiCaprio. Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 6, 2016.

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Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp is an acclaimed actor known for his versatile roles and unique approach to character portrayal, particularly in films like 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.

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