Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow's "Drunk" Walk Is Secretly Genius

Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow's "Drunk" Walk Is Secretly Genius

BY CORI BURCHAM

Within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny Depp) signature off-kilter walk earns him the reputation of being constantly inebriated, but Sparrow’s “drunk” swagger has an ingenious secret that doesn’t involve a single drop of rum.

While Sparrow often refers to rum throughout the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as if it’s both his addiction and a secret weapon that allows him to pull off potvaliant stunts and schemes, the unbalanced walk is actually more telling of another great love of his: the sea.

Though it’s hard to imagine Jack Sparrow being any different from the charming and disreputable anti-hero that is the center of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, a lot of Sparrow’s eccentricity is owed to Johnny Depp’s interpretation of the character, who was alternatively written as a swashbuckling hero in the original script for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

In an interview with Collider, Depp details some of his early insights about Captain Jack, which he concocted while sitting in a sauna. 

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