Ozzy Osbourne once had a chance to join the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Sharon Osbourne was a guest on a recent episode of The Magnificent Others With Billy Corgan podcast, where she revealed that her husband was offered to read for the film, and she regrets stopping it.
“Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy?” Sharon said to the host before adding, “He got offered to go and read for Pirates of the Caribbean — and I’ve never said this to anyone.”
Corgan, who looked shocked, asked, “And you said no?,” to which Sharon confirmed, saying, “I said no. Now, wouldn’t he have been perfect?”
The pair laughed at what could’ve been and Sharon noted, “Because when Johnny [Depp] … wanted Keith to be a pirate, you remember?”
The Keith she was referring to was Keith Richards, guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Depp, the star of the Pirates films as Captain Jack Sparrow, brought his long-time friend Richards onboard to play his dad, Captain Teague.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman joked that there’s still time to get Ozzy in another film. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said last year that the future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise — which has earned more than $4.5 billion worldwide — involves a reboot. In 2022, Bruckheimer told The Hollywood Reporter that he thought they were “getting very close on” developing a sixth installment.
“We have a very good script. We developed two of them — the one with Margot Robbie and one with a younger cast,” he continued. “The Margot Robbie one needs a little more work. The younger cast one is close. Hopefully we’ll get both of them.”
Still, Ozzy has accumulated credits in Little Nicky, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Moulin Rouge! and Gnomeo & Juliet.
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