Fans of Pirates Of The Caribbean threaten to boycott due to rumors about female replacement Johnny Depp in Pirates 6: 'If it's not Depp, I won't watch'

Pirates Of The Caribbean fans have threatened to boycott the next installment of the series after being shocked by rumors that Johnny Depp would star.

It was suggested that Ayo Edebiri from The Bear was being considered by Disney to star in the sixth film in the series, although others have dismissed this claim.

Seven years have passed since Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge was released as the fifth Pirates film and since then there have been constant suggestions that a sixth will happen.

Faced with the prospect of a Depp-less edition, one fan wrote on X: “If it's not Depp, I'm not watching.”

They were responding to a post from an account called 'Unlimited L's', which also suggested that Edebiri's character could be based on 18th century pirate Anne Bonny – one of the most famous female pirates ever.

Other Pirates Of The Caribbean fans also reacted negatively.

They said, 'No one will watch this without Depp. When are they going to learn…

“To be honest, I don't want any of this, I don't care about pirates anymore if there is no Depp…

'Another flop, I'm sure…'

'Disney will never learn…'

'Disney can't replace Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow… Depp created the role!'

However, it seems that many misunderstood the initial reports.

Daniel Richtman claims to be the original source of the rumor RPK newssaid there would be no 'replacement for Depp', and that Edebiri was previously considered for a spin-off.

Any prospect of a new Pirates film starring Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow seems bleak anyway, following the fallout from his lawsuit with ex-wife Amber Heard.

Disney axed their star man in 2018, shortly before Heard wrote an op-ed suggesting her ex was an abuser.

In court in 2022 – as evidence in his trial when he sued Heard for defamation – Depp said he would never work for Disney again, even if they offered him $300 million.

One proposed spin-off revolved around the idea of ​​Margot Robbie as the lead, but there were conflicting comments from the actress herself and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with the latter insisting the idea was still “alive” after the Barbie star said it was ” dead'. '.

Richtman added that anything involving The Bear's Irish actress as Anne Bonny is not incompatible with any other spin-off Robbie may ever appear in.

Bonny formed a dynamic duo with fellow female pirate Mary Read in the early 18th century.

Their capture in 1720 caused an uproar in Britain, as it was believed that women could not be involved in such a violent, illegal practice.

The pair dressed as men and 'fought like warriors' and were part of the crew of infamous pirate captain Calico Jack Rackam, who terrorized the seas.

Bonny and Read are referenced in Charles Johnson's 1724 book, A General History of the Pyrates, adding to their legend.

As their vanquished opponents lay dying, they apparently bared their breasts to show that they had been killed by a woman.

Bonny is believed to have been the Irish illegitimate daughter of a lawyer and a housemaid. It is believed she was born in Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, at the turn of the century before moving to the US with her father, who would dress her as a boy and call her 'Andy'.

Sometime between 1714 and 1718, Bonny fled with a sailor to New Providence in the Bahamas, where she met Rackam, fell in love with him, and had a child with him – whom they left with friends in Cuba.

She left her sailor husband to become a pirate, stating that “no one fought more courageously at Rackam's side.”

Bonny disguised himself as a man on Rackham's sloop, and only he and ultimately Mary Read were aware of her real sex.

In October 1720, Rackam and his crew were attacked by sailors led by Jonathan Barnet on orders from Nicholas Lawes, Governor of Jamaica.

Most of Rackam's pirates offered little resistance as they were too drunk to fight, but Read and Bonny fought fiercely and managed to hold Barnet's forces at bay for a short time.

Bonny was saved from the death penalty when she was pregnant. She is said to have 'pleaded her stomach', a rule in English common law that allowed women to delay their execution until they had given birth.

Her exact end is unknown, with no records of her death or captivity. Historians suggest she may have returned to live with her father in the US.