Johnny Depp Injured: Pirates Of The Caribbean Star Flies Back To U.S. For Surgery

Sailing the seven seas on a pirate ship is hard work, but after 4 movies, there clearly is no stopping Captain Jack Sparrow. That is, until Johnny Depp, the 51 year old actor who plays the unconventional pirate, had to be flown out to get surgery on his hand.

While the production for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was filming in Australia's Gold Coast over the weekend, Depp had to be flown back to the U.S. for surgery on his hand for an injury that occurred off the set. The production is already one month into filming but they expect that their schedule will not be delayed too much by Depp's absence.