Rob Marshall has described Johnny Depp a joy to work with.
The Chicago filmmaker has teamed up with Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - which sees Depp reprise the role of Jack Sparrow.
And the actor had nothing but praise for his leading man.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times: "He laughs a lot - when I think about Johnny, I think about laughing with him; he likes to laugh and to enjoy life.
"I'd ask him to do some insane thing - 'You're going to swing off some rope, dive off of this, give a speech, then fight' - and every day he just met it with such joy. It was crazy some of the things we asked him to do.
"There was never a scene where he was just sitting there talking. He's incredibly fast. He learns the sword work very quickly and all of the stunt work."
And Marshall admits that working with Depp was one of the reasons that he took on the movie.
"The reason I did this movie was to work with Johnny - that's the real reason and there's all these wonderful rewards along the way, but that was the main reason," he said.
"I think he's a brilliant actor and I came to find what an extraordinary person he is - a genuine, kind, elegant gentlemen; he's funny and just fantastic."
The actor has already had a successful year after Alice In Wonderland was the second of his moviesto break the $1 billion barrier.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released 18th May 2011.
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