Johnny Depp introduced pleasure, and a little bit of pirate swagger, to kids at Niño Jesús College Kids’s Hospital in Madrid on Monday, June 16, when he made a shock go to dressed as his iconic “Pirates of the Caribbean” character, Captain Jack Sparrow.

The 62-year-old actor, at present in Spain filming his upcoming film “Day Drinker,” slipped into full costume to fulfill with younger sufferers of their hospital rooms.

Images from the go to present Johnny Depp in full pirate regalia, laughing with kids and sharing candy pinky touches in a heartwarming show that delighted followers and hospital employees alike.

“From Osakidetza, and particularly from all of the employees on the Donostia College Hospital, we wish to categorical our infinite gratitude to Johnny Depp for his time, help, and vitality, in addition to to @sansebastianfes for facilitating this go to,” the interpretation reads.

This isn’t the primary time Depp has stepped again into Sparrow’s boots for a trigger.

Simply final 12 months, in September 2024, the “Sweeney Todd” star visited Donostia College Hospital in San Sebastián, the place he introduced pleasure to kids within the Pediatrics and Oncology ward whereas attending the San Sebastián Movie Pageant.

Over time, the Oscar-nominated actor has made related shock visits in cities throughout the globe, together with Paris, London, Vancouver, Brisbane, and several other U.S. cities.

“He took the time to actually have interaction with them and make them smile and chortle,” Patti Smith, a hospital spokesperson, mentioned to ABC Information after a 2017 go to to the BC Kids’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Plus, again in 2015, Johnny Depp and his “Pirates of the Caribbean: Useless Males Inform No Tales” co-star Stephen Graham paid a memorable go to to Girl Cilento Kids’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Absolutely decked out as their characters, Jack Sparrow and Scrum, the duo introduced laughter and even a number of gold cash to the younger sufferers through the heartwarming shock look.

“For me and my household, it was a incredible time to fulfill up and communicate with Johnny Depp and put a smile on everybody’s faces, particularly my daughter,” Kossy Halemai mentioned to CBS Information. “She’s recovering nicely, and to see her smiling. I used to be emotional and proud.”

9 years in the past, throughout an look on “The Graham Norton Present,” Depp opened up about why these visits maintain such private significance for him.

“I’ve frolicked in Nice Ormond Avenue [a London children’s hospital] the place I used to be the father or mother when my daughter was unwell,” he shared, referencing his daughter Lily-Rose’s battle with an E. Coli an infection in 2007 that finally resulted in kidney failure. “I’ve identified darkness in my life, however that was the darkest interval ever once I was doing Sweeney.”

Depp added, “I’d all the time type of accomplished these visits, however after that, the visits turned increasingly necessary as a result of the youngsters’ bliss, you already know, they’re so robust, they’re so brave, however the mother and father are those who’re slowly dying. And to have the ability to deliver a smile or a giggle to those individuals means all the pieces on the earth to me.”

Depp initially introduced Jack Sparrow to life in 2003’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” starring alongside Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. He would go on to painting the eccentric pirate in 4 extra movies: “Useless Man’s Chest” (2006), “At World’s Finish” (2007), “On Stranger Tides” (2011), and “Useless Males Inform No Tales” (2017).

Throughout his extremely publicized 2022 authorized battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp mentioned he had no intention of returning to “Pirates,” even quipping that he wouldn’t do it “for $300 million and 1,000,000 alpacas,” citing emotions of betrayal after Disney minimize ties with him amid abuse allegations.

Regardless of the drama, followers and colleagues proceed to marketing campaign for his return.