Sharon Osbourne has revealed that considered one of her greatest errors in managing her husband Ozzy Osbourne was not permitting the steel icon to audition for a job within the Pirates of Caribbean film franchise.
The revelation got here throughout Sharon’s look on Billy Corgan’s new podcast The Magnificent Others. “Do you need to know the most important mistake I ever made with Ozzy?,” she requested the Smashing Pumpkins frontman, who responded, “You’re gonna admit to a mistake?”
Sharon continued, “He received supplied to go and skim for Pirates of the Caribbean, and I’ve by no means mentioned this to anybody.” Corgan replied, “And also you mentioned no?,” to which Sharon answered, “I mentioned no.”
“Wouldn’t he have been good?,” mused Sharon. “Johnny [Depp] needed Keith [Richards] to be a pirate, bear in mind?”
After all, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards ended up getting the position of Captain Edward Teague, the daddy of Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, in each Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s Finish and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It’s unclear from Sharon’s dialog with Corgan if Ozzy would’ve been up for a similar position, or a distinct character.
One other rock legend, Paul McCartney, portrayed Sparrow’s Uncle Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean: Lifeless Males Inform No Tales, additionally a doable position that Ozzy may have performed.
A number of years in the past, Ozzy famous that he’d like Johnny Depp to play him in a film, however extra lately he mentioned he’d desire a “comparatively unknown” actor over the Pirates of Caribbean star.
Followers can catch Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath carry out their closing live performance ever on July fifth in Birmingham, England. The all-day occasion may also function performances from Weapons N’ Roses, Metallica, Software, Pantera, Slayer, Alice in Chains, and extra.
Watch Sharon’s full look on Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent Others podcast beneath. The dialog about Pirates of the Caribbean begins on the 54:05 mark.