--- title: Johnny Depp Injures Hand on Location for 'Pirates of the Caribbean' description: The star was on location in Australia and has been flown back to the U.S. for surgery canonical: https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-11T03:32:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:04:04.332Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Johnny Depp Injured His Hand in Australia og:description: He was on location for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.' og:url: https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie "Mortdecai" in Tokyo January 28, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Johnny Depp Injured His Hand in Australia twitter:description: He was on location for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Johnny Depp Injures His Hand While on Location in Australia by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 11, 2015 3:32 AM UTC  Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie Mortdecai in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2015 Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie Mortdecai in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2015Toru Hanai—Reuters by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 11, 2015 3:32 AM UTC Johnny Depp is flying back to the U.S. for surgery after [injuring](http://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-injured-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-production-minimally-impacted-exclusive/) his hand while on location in Australia, where he is filming _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales_. The Hollywood legend was not actually working at the time of the injury, the Wrap reports. Production of the film is expected to be “minimally impacted” by Depp’s absence and the July 7, 2017, release date remains unchanged. Shooting for the fifth installment of the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ franchise began last month and is being directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning. Starring alongside Depp is Javier Bardem (_No Country for Old Men_), Kaya Scodelario (_Skins_), Brenton Thwaites (_Maleficent_) and Golshifteh Farahani (_Exodus: Gods and Kings_). \[[_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-injured-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-production-minimally-impacted-exclusive/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp Injures His Hand While on Location in Australia","datePublished":"2015-03-11T03:32:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:04:04.332Z","description":"Filming of the next Pirates installment will only be minimally affected, however","url":"https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/","keywords":["movies","Australia","celebrities","Surgery","Johnny Depp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie \"Mortdecai\" in Tokyo January 28, 2015.","caption":"Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie \"Mortdecai\" in Tokyo January 28, 2015.","creditText":"Toru Hanai—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3740035/johnny-depp-injured-hand-pirates-caribbean/","name":"Johnny Depp Injures His Hand While on Location in Australia"}}]}] ```