Johnny Depp surprises children in hospital with a visit dressed as Jack Sparrow

Johnny Depp had a surprise special visit during his visit to the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Dressed like him pirates of the Caribbean According to the hospital's social media, Depp visited the children at Donostia University Hospital in San Sebastián, Spain, on Thursday, September 26. The 61-year-old actor is in Spain for the San Sebastián Film Festival and slipped into his old costume while he was away from the event.

At the hospital, Depp talked and played with patients admitted to the pediatric and oncology department. While he was there, he laughed with the children and never broke character, the local newspaper said El Diario Vasco Reports.

The hospital posted photos of the actor's visit on X (formerly known as Twitter).

“From all the staff at Donostia University Hospital, we would like to express our endless gratitude to Johnny Depp for his time, support and energy, and to @sansebastianfes for making this visit possible,” the hospital's post reads.

Depp has previously, as Jack Sparrow, visited the children's wards of hospitals around the world, from Vancouver, Paris, London and Brisbane, Australia, to several cities in the US El Diario Vasco.

Depp played the main role in pirates of the Caribbean franchise alongside Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At the end of the world (2007). He also starred in the following two films: On strange tides (2011) and Dead men tell no stories (2017).

The franchise began with the romance between Will Turner (Bloom) and Elizabeth Swan (Knightley). They get caught up in major conflicts between Jack Sparrow, various pirate groups and factions linked to the British Empire.

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Depp's visit follows the debut of Modi: Three days on the wing of madnessa new film he directed at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain. During a press conference on September 24, Depp explained how he personally feels about the film's subject, Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

“Everyone has their story. Of course we can say that I went through a number of things here and there. But you know, I'm fine,” he said with a laugh in a video from the conference shared on Instagram The Hollywood Reporter.

“I think ultimately we all went through a number of things. Maybe yours didn't, didn't become a televised soap opera,” he added, apparently referring to his 2022 libel trial with Amber Heard in Virginia, whose proceedings are broadcast live to millions of people every day became.

After the trial, Heard, 38, paid Depp $1 million in settlement to settle the defamation suit after a jury overwhelmingly sided with Depp. She now lives a quiet life in Madrid with her three-year-old daughter.

Meanwhile, Depp remains busy. After the San Sebastian Film Festival, he will open an immersive and experiential exhibition entitled A bunch of stuff in New York City on Friday, October 4th.