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Johnny Depp to be paid £32m for new film

Actor will return as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean 4

Johnny Depp based Captain Jack Sparrow's look on the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards

Johnny Depp is to rake in a record £32 million to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates Of The Caribbean.

The action franchise has earned £1.52 billion worldwide from the first 3 films.

‘It’s a lot of swag but they just can’t make another without Sparrow,’ a source tells The Sun.

45-year-old Johnny's huge paycheque tops the £29 million Tom Hanks, 52, is being paid for the Da Vinci Code prequel Angels And Demons.

It is not known whether Orlando Bloom, 31, and Keira Knightley, 23, will return.