When Kim Nam Gil showed up on the set of the film "The Pirates," he was told to forget Johnny Depp and his performance as Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean."

But he ignored that advice when creating his character.

"Although Jack Sparrow and Jang are very different characters, with 'Pirates' being the first major film on pirates in Korea, I watched it a number of times to get an idea of how pirates are portrayed in the film," he said in an interview with the Korea Herald.

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