Flashing Girls Prompt Disneyland to Can 'Jack Sparrow' Actors

[SoulManX]

ANAHEIM -- Disneyland management has fired the four actors who played pirate Jack Sparrow because officials were worried about young female park-goers flashing the swashbuckling actors late at night, according to one former cast member.
"They lost control when they saw Jack Sparrow," said former pirate Brandon Pinto, who left the role after a dispute with management a year ago. "This is a sexy, rock-star pirate."
The pirate actors said they were told they were no longer needed for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at about the same time that additional fairies were added to the park's cast, presumably to promote Disney's new movie "Tinkerbell."
Disneyland recently opened "Pixie Hollow" to capitalize on the new movie.
Disney denies that they pirates were replaced by Tinker Bell fairies.

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[JLBats]

They replaced Jack Sparrow with a buncha fairies?

 

[Raiden]

It must've been one heck of a job playing Jack Sparrow, to have young girls flashing you late at night. But if actors playing Capt. Sparrow get this kind of reception from girls, I'm sure Depp gets it much, much more. Too bad Disney canned it, though.

 

[SoulManX]

An ex-Jack Sparrow spills on life at the Magic Kingdom

http://lamag.com/featuredarticle.aspx?id=7016

Disney warned us we were going to have a lot of horny women coming on to us. They were also worried about girls. I heard Disneyland had an Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She was very flirtatious, and they finally pulled her because men found her too sexually arousing and were acting out.

The male character they had pulled was Tarzan. He moved around the tree house dressed in just a butt flap. Disney had hired these good-looking, muscular guys—even airbrushing abs on—and apparently there was excessive pinching of Tarzan’s ass by the park’s female visitors. Knowing all this, and also knowing what women were like around Jack at the Renaissance Faire, I told the other guys, “Don’t complain if girls flirt with you too much. If you do, they’ll pull the character from the park.”

Disney wanted us to tone Jack down, so they put us through an acting class to discover reasons why Jack walks and talks the way he does. Obviously he is based on Keith Richards, who’s always messed up, which is why they came up with the class. “Don’t be flirtatious,” they told us. “See women as trouble.” And they said as far as alcohol goes, don’t even mention drinking. But the Pirates of the Caribbean song is all about drinking, and they’re drinking all along the ride. So I eventually broke that rule, because it would have taken me out of character. When parents took pictures, I’d say, “Everyone say ‘rum,’ ” and the parents loved it. The kids would just ask, “What’s rum?”

 

[danoyse]

The Pixie Hollow attraction is in Fantasyland and the Pirates Lair Island is in Frontierland, so one wouldn't have replaced the other. The POTC ride uses animatronic figures, not live actors.

The Pirates Lair island is still at Disneyland and it uses a Jack Sparrow actor, which does attract a fair share of crazy guests, so I think they just ditched the actors who enjoyed that a little too much, and cancelled the late night Jack Sparrow appearances in the park.

The actors who play Jack in the parks (that behave) are hilarious and he's really popular with the kids, so I hope they don't can the character completely.

 

[Superman4ever]

An ex-Jack Sparrow spills on life at the Magic Kingdom

http://lamag.com/featuredarticle.aspx?id=7016

I was just about to link this. It's wild!

 

[SoulManX]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/OoahLady/JackSparrowArielkiss.jpg

 

[Raiden]

I was just about to link this. It's wild!

It's funny that Disney told them not to mention anything about drinking, when Capt. Sparrow seems to be in a state of drunkedness throughout the series and always mention "rum" in his speech.

 

[danoyse]

The male character they had pulled was Tarzan. He moved around the tree house dressed in just a butt flap. Disney had hired these good-looking, muscular guys—even airbrushing abs on—and apparently there was excessive pinching of Tarzan’s ass by the park’s female visitors.

LOL...when I was at Disney World in Florida, my friend's kids (who were 6) met Jane from Tarzan at Animal Kingdom. They asked her where Tarzan was, and she explained that he was off "swinging on the vines" somewhere.

It goes both ways, too. I've heard a lot of complaints about guys getting a little overzealous with the Princesses.

 

[Erzengel]

Pocahontas was pretty hot last time I was at Disney. Then they took her out.

 

[C.F. Kane]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/OoahLady/JackSparrowArielkiss.jpg

Hey... it is better down where's it's wetter!

 

[PyroChamber]

So Disneyland is where all the horny women go now?

 

[SoulManX]

So Disneyland is where all the horny women go now?

Just be Jack or Tarzan and you will get laid

 

[amazingfantasy15]

So Disneyland is where all the horny women go now?

Yeah, I never saw Disneyland as a Girls Gone Wild type of place.

 

[The Battousai]

Hey... it is better down where's it's wetter!

 

[danoyse]

Yeah, I never saw Disneyland as a Girls Gone Wild type of place.

Flashing the camera on Splash Mountain was a recurring problem in the parks too.

 

[terry78]

Honestly, the females they choose to play any of the Disney princess characters are always extremely on the hot side, as they have to measure up to the animated versions. So yeah, I can gather quite a few dudes would get boners upon seeing a plethora of Ariel, Belle, Mulan, and Esmerelda clones running around scantily clad.

 

[Manic]

Hey... it is better down where's it's wetter!

That's why it's hotter under the water.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Soon the only characters you'll find are Cruella De Ville and Quasimodo. Major Uggos.

 

[Manic]

Soon the only characters you'll find are Cruella De Ville and Quasimodo. Major Uggos.

Don't forget Yzma from Emperor's New Groove and Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

And that crazy b**** and her lackey from The Rescuers.

I was going to say Frollo but Disney would probably be afraid of him touching little boys.

 

[Ronny Shade]

were the Sparrows flashing back?

 

[SapphirePrima]

And that crazy b**** and her lackey from The Rescuers.

I was going to say Frollo but Disney would probably be afraid of him touching little boys.

You know you wrong for that!

But I still plan on doing the college program either next year or the following year.

 

[kane9321]

went there last year yeah Ariel, Belle, Mulan all friggin smokin hot

 

[chamber-music]

Disney won't stop until their parks are Asexual dammit!