In POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), most of Jack Sparrow’s hats are made of rubber. This is because Johnny Depp kept losing them and throwing them overboard. After he lost ten leather hats, the costume designer started making them out of rubber so that they would float instead of sink.

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image showing In POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), most of Jack Sparrow’s hats are made of rubber. This is because Johnny Depp kept losing them and throwing them overboard. After he lost ten leather hats, the costume designer started making them out of rubber so that they would float instead of sink.

Tokyono on September 26th, 2020 at 10:23 UTC »

Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495273/the-ridiculous-reason-pirates-of-the-caribbean-had-to-make-johnny-depps-hat-out-of-rubber

woolsprout on September 26th, 2020 at 11:10 UTC »

so this means that you can find some cool hats in under water thrift stores IF they haven’t been bought yet

mods_cant_read on September 26th, 2020 at 11:29 UTC »

Sourced and a real detail? MVP!