Johnny Depp recalled Disney executives being unsure what to make of his interpretation of Captain Jack Sparrow in the first Pirates of the Caribbean during AFI Fest on Sunday.
The actor even admitted after getting a call about it, he was sure he was going to be let go.
“It trickled back to me that [former Disney CEO] Michael Eisner went on some sort of bent about how 'Goddamnit Johnny Depp's ruining the film!” he told the audience, E! Online reports. “Is it drunk? Is it gay?' So I fully expected to be fired."
He went on to say an executive even called him and asked "What the f--k are you doing? I said, 'Well don't you know all my characters are gay?'”
"I really expected to be fired, but I wasn't for some reason,” he continued. “They were actually gonna put subtitles under my character, they couldn't understand Captain Jack."
Captain Jack ended up being the star of the franchise. After four films, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will hit theaters this summer. In 2004, Depp was nominated for an Oscar for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.