In what will likely be another example of the “Get Woke, Go Broke” phenomenon, Disney is looking at replacing Johnny Depp with a black female as the lead in a reboot of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.
The movie, which would be Disney’s sixth “Pirates” film, will not have Johnny Depp reprise his role as the bushwhacking rapscallion Jack Sparrow. He was thrown under the bus by the movie’s producer Jerry Bruckheimer after he was #metoo’d with false allegations from his former lover Amber Heard.
So instead of Depp’s beloved character and other proven box office winners, Disney is looking at having an all-female cast of pirates. The lead is allegedly going to be Ayo Edebiri, a black female actress who has starred in “The Bear” and “Black Mirror”.
This caused Twitter users, even Elon Musk himself, to blast the speculated decision:
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