Disneyland fires Jack Sparrow — but don’t believe the salacious rumors
Disneyland has forced Captain Jack Sparrow of “Pirates of the Caribbean” fame to walk the plank, saying the irascible scalawag has “set sail for other high-seas adventures.”
Disneyland officials confirmed that the pirate was indeed fired (due to declining relevance and diminishing visitor requests), but flatly denied published reports that the dismissal had anything to do with female fans flashing their breasts at the swashbuckling actors who portray Jack Sparrow at the Anaheim theme park.
Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown called the breast-flashing rumors “absolutely false” and “simply not true.”
A KTLA-TV story attributes the salacious rumors to former Disneyland pirate Brandon Pinto, who was the subject of a titillating Los Angeles magazine tell-all.
The report on the KTLA website incorrectly stated the Jack Sparrow characters would be removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean water ride. The animatronic characters on the ride will remain, according to Disneyland officials.
The fired Jack Sparrow actors greeted visitors and posed for photos on Tom Sawyer Island and occasionally wandered around New Orleans Square near the POTC ride. Disneyland promises the bad boy buccaneer, made famous by Johnny Depp in the trilogy of movies, will eventually return — “some day.”
Hat tip to MousePlanet.
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— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Photo: Disney
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December 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
i dont think it was nice to fire jack sparrow
December 8th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Holy cow! I wish I had a job there.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
i’m soo confused… did johnny depp get fired or did the other actors????? by the way johnny depp is soooo amazing
December 9th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I can’t believe they fired Captain Jack! What’s wrong with these people??
January 25th, 2009 at 4:52 am
no! i love johnny depp!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I usually go to Disneyland once every month or so, and I’ve seen only one cast member playing Jack Sparrow. He didn’t even look like Jack, and didn’t play the part really well. My girlfriend and I called him “Jack the Worst,” after the song “The Phoney King of England” from “Robin Hood.” On an article at http://www.miceage.com that’s no longer on the site, there were photos of the Jack Sparrows at other Disney parks, and none of them looked or acted the part.