I have always liked Johnny Depp and consider him one of the best actors in the business, however unlike a lot of the rest of the “Hollywood” crowd he seems to like being a real person. The kind of person who loves nothing better than surprising a bunch of school kids for no other reason than it was something special he could do for them.
My good friend Sean P. Aune has the whole story but it boils down to the little visit he made to Meridian primary school to try and head off a class led mutiny against their teacher.
Last week, Johnny Depp, arguably one of the biggest movie stars in the world right now, paid an unannounced visit to Meridian primary school after he received a letter from nine-year-old Beatrice Delap. Ms. Delap had written to “Jack Sparrow” to ask for his help in running a mutiny against the school’s teachers, and since he was nearby filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , he decided to stop by to tell her in person to say it was a bad idea.
Actually, excuse me, Mr. Depp didn’t come by, but Capt. Jack Sparrow did.
Calling the school only ten minutes before he arrived, Capt. Sparrow along with a few other assorted pirates showed up a the school looking for Ms. Delap, where he showed he had her letter with him and chatted with other students. Everyone then went to the auditorium for a quickly arranged assembly, and Capt. Sparrow entertained the kids for 15 minutes, never once turning into Johnny Depp.
Now tell me that isn’t just the coolest thing that could happen to a bunch of kids, but even better – there’s a video of the visit to go along with the story.