Johnny Depp gave a swashbuckling surprise to kids at Niño Jesús University Children's Hospital in Madrid on Monday, June 16, as he continues to spend time in Spain to film his newest project, Day Drinker.

Photos of Depp, 62, showed the actor as his iconic pirate character touching pinkies with smiley kids as he visited them in their hospital rooms.

This isn't the first time he has channeled Jack to visit children's hospitals. In September 2024, the actor visited kids at Donostia University Hospital in San Sebastián, Spain, per the hospital's social media, while the Sweeney Todd star was in town for the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Depp previously visited hospitals' children's wards as Jack Sparrow around the world, from Vancouver, Paris, London, and Brisbane, Australia, to several cities in the U.S.

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Depp famously portrayed Jack in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise beginning with 2003's The Curse of the Black Pearl, alongside Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley.

Following his highly publicized 2022 trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp is navigating a return to acting that began with his 2023 movie Jeanne du Barry.

And of the planned Pirates of the Caribbean reboot, franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer told Entertainment Weekly back in May 2024, "If it was up to me, [Johnny] would be in it,"

"I love him. He's a good friend. He's an amazing artist and he's a unique look," Bruckheimer, 81, added of Depp. "He created Captain Jack. That was not on the page, that was him doing a little Pepé Le Pew and Keith Richards. That was his interpretation of Jack Sparrow."

The franchise's future has appeared up in the air since the release Dead Men Tell No Tales. A rep for Depp told PEOPLE in June 2022 that a report claiming he would return to the franchise was "false," but in July 2023, a source close to the actor said he could potentially return to the series.

In December 2024, Variety reported that Bruckheimer is developing two versions of a sixth Pirates movie in order to leave a potential path for Depp to return, citing anonymous sources. Margot Robbie was at one point attached to lead a Pirates movie.

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