Question: What Do Judi Fennell and Johnny Depp have in common?

Answer: They both created a character named Sparrow.

Call me Sparrow… Cap'n Sparrow.

Yes, I'm talking about the cute, little brown birds. But I'm also talking about the hot and sexy pirate played by Johnny Depp. Okay, the pirate's not so sexy (hot, in a rum-soaked-island-sun sort of way, yes, but not hot, as in sexy) but Johnny Depp sure was when he played Cap'n Jack.

And what in the world, you're wondering, do the two have in common?

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