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The four men who play Captain Jack Sparrow from the popular Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise were told it was time to walk the plank, so to speak, when they lost their Disneyland jobs recently. So why did the Mouse cut the swashbucklers loose?
Theories are as rampant as overpriced snack food at the theme park, and range from the idea that the Pirates' booties got the boot so that the park could hire more Tinker Bells, or that the pirates' bare chests were so hard to resist that "young female parkgoers to flash more than their riggings and yardarms late at night," reports abc7.com.
Disneyland denies that the apparently too-sexy Sparrows were fired to make way for young ladies dressed as fairies, but one Captain Jack is pretty sure he knows what makes the ladies swoon in an un-Disney way: "They lost control when they saw Jack Sparrow," said the Sparrow lookalike. "This is a sexy, rock-star pirate." So sorry ladies, if you've been saving up your bucks to get a cheap thrill by acting like a "Yo, ho! Yo, ho!" down at the Pirates ride, you're out of luck. Of course, fellas, if you'd like to snag a Tinker Bell, there should be plenty down in Pixie Hollow...
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while not the same caliber as the Jack Sparrow's they still have pirates down the road in buena park at Pirate's Dinner Adventure
So now that means there will be 8 Jack Sparrows down on Hollywood Blvd yelling at me everyday I walk to and from the train.
Great.
I used to work with an actor who snagged one of those Disney gigs. He had amazing costumes - the Joker (old school Jack Nicholson), Hunter S. Thompson, Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka (recent version). He also did actual, paid acting work (which I suppose distinguishes him from the semi-homeless people who walk in front of the Chinese Theater). This guy had green eyes and went so far as to wear brown contacts so he'd look more like Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow. Hopefully he's moved onto more lucrative acting work, but if not, oh well.