£5m Russell to be Depp brother ?

[Perdita]

RUSSELL Brand is thrashing out a deal to appear in Pirates of The Caribbean 4 — as Captain Jack Sparrow’s brother.
The deal to play Jonathan, younger brother of Johnny Depp’s character, could be worth £5million.

It would catapult Brand, 33, into the Hollywood A-list less than a week after resigning from his Radio 2 show over the Andrew Sachs phone row involving him and Jonathan Ross.

A source said: “There couldn’t be a role more perfectly suited. There’s a lot of Jack Sparrow in his mannerisms and behaviour. Depp’s accent isn’t a million miles away from Russell’s either.

“Russell joining the Sparrows alongside Johnny and Keith Richards as their dad will complete the ultimate on-screen pirate family.”

Brand, based in Los Angeles for the next few months working on new films and a Comedy Central special, has already formed a close relationship with Disney.

In his first US theatre show since the Radio 2 scandal, he took a swipe at Sachs’s granddaughter, burlesque dancer and model Georgina Baillie — who was at the centre of the phone storm.

He told the audience in West Hollywood: “Burlesque and erotica – I’ve been rethinking it of late.”

[Abbie]

wow more well known people in the film

[Layne]

Love it Would suit one another Russell and Johnny!

Although i hope they dont just turn this film into a whose who film, im sure they wont though

[Debs]

oooo russs in pirate gear,yumm. He did a photo a while back of him dressed up as jack sparrow and looked gorge!

[di marco]

eurgh i hate russell brand! i really hope this doesnt happen!

[Perdita]

Russell Brand has confirmed rumours that he has held talks about appearing in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie.

The British comic admitted that he may have to decline a starring role opposite Johnny Depp because he has too much work to do.

"There's been some talk of doing a Pirates movie," he told Access Hollywood. "But, I've got eight other things to do [including] Get Him To The Greek with Judd Apatow... So I don't know if there'll be time to be a pirate, I've got enough of that in my private life."

Brand, who was linked to the role of Jack Sparrow's brother last year, added that the part is just a "possibility" at the moment.