According to the latest UK rumor, Johnny wants British comedian Johnny Vegas to join him on the Black Pearl for the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequels. The two met when Johnny Vegas performed a cameo role in THE LIBERTINE last spring. The article quotes Depp as eager to have Vegas around to enhance “the comic element” in the sequels:”Johnny would be great. He could play the first mate. I’m sure he’d be up for it.” We suspect this rumor is mere wishful thinking by Johnny Vegas’s publicity reps–Johnny has not been giving any interviews to the press lately. Thanks, Emma, for keeping the Zone rumor mill up-to-date!