'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' may be Johnny Depp's last role in the adventure film franchise. Delays in filming may be due to actor's problems with wife Amber Heard.
According to Ecumenical News, several actors have already been considered the part of replacing Depp in future films for the pirate-adventure franchise. Although Depp's Jack Sparrow has long been an iconic character in the Walt Disney-Jerry Bruckheimer joint projects, there is a huge chance he will not be returning in succeeding films.
Speculations have risen regarding the famous Captain Jack Sparrow's replacements. Several actors have been tagged namely Jim Carrey, Robert Downey Jr. and Dan Stevens although this remains to be confirmed.
In another report by Australia Network, it was revealed that the cast and crew of the excessively delayed upcoming film have become impatient and demoralized because of Depp's alleged bad behavior on set. He was said to arrive to work intoxicated after fights with Heard, who at one point had been banned from visiting the filming set.
An inside source said, "Johnny has been on set as little as possible, only fulfilling his contract at the minimum level - and his mood has been completely affecting the whole operation of the production. Producers are worried that morale will be affected."
Depp and Heard had been in various reports lately beginning with the former's mysterious hand injury and impending bankruptcy as well as recent dog smuggling troubles in Australia. Celebrity Dirty Laundry reports that fans have taken to social media to voice out their grievances directed at Heard's supposed disruption of the filming process.
Depp's personal drama already costed the production millions of dollars beyond their original budget as well as delayed it for months. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' was originally slated for release in the Summer of 2015 but pushed back to 2017.
'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' is the fifth installment in the film franchise and is scheduled for release on July 7, 2017. It stars Depp along with Javier Bardem as the antagonistic Captain Salazar, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossaas well as newcomers Brenton Thwaites as Henry and Kaya Scodelario as Carina.
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