Johnny Depp Still Trying to Lure Keith Richards to Pirate Sequels  7/2/05

Johnny Depp is still trying to convince wrinkly rocker Keith Richards to play his father in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels after telling the Rolling Stones star it would be a dream come true.

Depp famously based his Captain Jack Sparrow character on Richards and now he's wrestling with the Rolling Stones touring schedule to try and get his hero on board for Pirates 2 and 3.

He says, "It's looking very good. I've talked to Keith about it and he's been super sweet and keen to do it and it's looking very good.

"We are just hoping that we can work out the dates with the Stones tour and everything, but, if that happens, you talk about a dream come true - get to be a pirate with Keith Richards? Does it get better than that?"