Heard this? Lord Krishna inspired the character of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most popular franchise among the fans of the genre. The first film in the three-part franchise titled Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl hit the theatres back in the year 2003. The response to the film not just made the makers annouce a trilogy, but also gave us the iconinc character of Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp. Little did anyone know that Depp's character of Jack Sparrow was actually insipired by Lord Krishna. 

As of now, social media is abuzz with one of the biggest confession from Hollywood which, suggests that the popular character of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean was inspired by Lord Krishna. Being one of the biggest franchise in Hollywood, Pirates of the Caribbean has roots tracing back to India.

Recently, the writer of Jack Sparrow's character has gone ahead to reveal that Jack Sparrow has been inspired by the shades of Lord Krishna. Jack Sparrow can be described as a trickster, who often uses his wit and words to get out of sticky situations, as opposed to physical force. That being said, he is a skilled swashbuckler too, who might even win with some cheating!

This big confession has left fans into a frenzy as #JackSparrowIsKrishna witnessed a strong India trend, a testimony of which was seen on Twitter. 

Ted Elliott, one of the screenwriters for Jack Sparrow's character earlier shared in a statement, "Jack Sparrow's character in Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most integral part of the film. The characterization of Sparrow is based on Lord Krishna who is a major deity in Hinduism. While writing the character sketch of Jack Sparrow, we referred to the description of Lord Krishna, various shades of the Almighty, which helped us a lot in making the whole character of Jack Sparrow into existence".

Check out some of the tweets here:

This is indeed a big and surprising news! #JackSparrowIsKrishna
Writer of Jack Sparrow's character reveals that the character is inspired from Lord Krishna pic.twitter.com/6yy5WeOTsr

— Pooja (@PoojaGarg08) September 25, 2018

The writer of Pirates of the Caribbean @tedelliott shared with people about the character of Jack Sparrow which is practically inspired from Indian Lord Krishna! #JackSparrowIsKrishna pic.twitter.com/ItIMxwU54d

— Rajkumar (@raj50_boy) September 25, 2018

Another proof that Indian Mythology is inspiring Western Characters. Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean is inspired from Lord Krishna and the writer @tedelliott has said it himself. #JackSparrowIsKrishna pic.twitter.com/fGsoivz9Gr

— Femme (@thesassychatter) September 25, 2018

Very very surprised to know Jack Sparrow has been inspired by the shades of Lord Krishna #JackSparrowIsKrishna also feeling proud at the same time pic.twitter.com/wKGFR6ez9y

— Rik (@PintuSadhukhaan) September 25, 2018

#JackSparrowIsKrishna
Are u serious? Captain sparrow inspires from god krishna. pic.twitter.com/Yo8aP258te

— Preksha Modi (@Prekshamodi3) September 25, 2018

I had no idea that Jack Sparrow is inspired from Indian Lord Krishna! #JackSparrowIsKrishna pic.twitter.com/9n7rfCsyH6

— Ankit Choudhary (@ankit_choudhryy) September 25, 2018

Indian Mythology has inspired a wide range of work around the world & this confession is the latest proof of that.#JackSparrowIsKrishna@tedelliott pic.twitter.com/eLc1xhLGzQ

— Manish INDIAN (@promisingace) September 25, 2018

Pirates of the Caribbean starring Johnny Depp in the lead role began in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which received immense love and appreciation. The series gave the audience a very famous character of Jack Sparrow created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and played by Johnny Depp which has created an everlasting impact on the audience.