Disneyland Jack Sparrow has possible lawsuit.

[LoriMistress]

A pirate's days of raping and pillaging are over -- now all a pirate needs to do to get some booty is say "Yo" to a ho.

A former Disneyland employee claims the Mouse House fired four different Captain Jack Sparrow impersonators after the character's sexy pirate persona evoked wench-like behavior from a couple of landlubbers. In other words, some female Disney guests were flashing their teacups.

A Disney spokesperson called the claims "absolutely false," saying the swashbucklers were sent walkin' the plank because their character had become less popular -- not because fake pirates are to theme-park-goers what a Joe Francis camera crew is to Mardis Gras.

Arrrrrren't you wishing you looked like Johnny Depp?

http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/09/disney-pirate-discovers-multiple-pleasure-chests/

 

[DisneyGigi]

There is a link to this story on AOL too. It mentions that animatronics will replace the live actors??I assume they mean the ones in the ride. I can't really see demand being down for Cap'n Jack being down if they are planning on making another movie, but
anyway here is the link with a news video.

http://www.asylum.com/2008/12/10/disneyland-jack-sparrows-scuttled-by-female-flashers/

 

[agent86]

There is a link to this story on AOL too. It mentions that animatronics will replace the live actors??I assume they mean the ones in the ride.

Ummmm....Where on the ride do they use live actors??

 

[Figment1986]

while this may have been true, the original story said evening... while Jack Sparrow was on Tom Sawyer Island and it closed around the evening... making it rather hard for that to happen.

Though they probably were removed when their contracts were ending and the fairys were coming... that way the budget could be shifted. Now if the actors performed elsewhere and were still fired thats another issue.

 

[CaesarBoxFan]

I've heard from people in Entertainment on MiceChat that the Jacks were let go to make room for the Fairies.

To agent86: It's TMZ and AOL. They don't research what they put in their articles.

 

[DisneyGigi]

Ummmm....Where on the ride do they use live actors??

I meant that they were probably referring to the animatronics in the ride that are already there. Why would they have an animatronic Jack Sparrow for Meet & Greets? I think they worded it wrong.