10 Hollywood Stars You Didn't Know Were Real Life Heroes

5. Johnny Depp Pays His Mugger To Sort His Life Out

Johnny Depp tends to eschew the action hero roles in favour of more quirky and eccentric characters, preferring to don weird costumes and excessive amounts of make-up rather than holsters and firearms. Perhaps the only true "action" role he's made a name for is that of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which certainly came in handy when he came across real life danger on the streets of Los Angeles. After leaving an L.A. recording studio one day accompanying his friend, singer Stephen Jones, they were approached by a mugger who "looked off his head" wielding a broken bottle. Depp reportedly looked him straight in the eye and told him to back off, to which the prospective assailant is said to have responded, "I ain't stealing from Captain Jack." Not content with defusing the precarious situation, Depp's next move was to give the mugger some cash and tell him to sort his life out. Whether or not the mugger took his advice is anyone's guess.
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