Celebrity / Johnny Depp Johnny Depp's Star Power Stops Mugger Would you really want to steal from 'Captain Jack'? By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted May 4, 2010 9:02 AM CDT Copied Johnny Depp waves during a ceremony in which he was awarded with the Bahamas International Film Festival Career Achievement Award in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen) Johnny Depp: Just as swoon-worthy in real life as he is in the movies, at least according to the British tabloids. As the actor was leaving an LA recording studio with a friend, said friend got approached by a man brandishing a broken bottle. Hero-of-the-day Johnny looked the mugger “straight in the eyes and told him to back off,” a source tells the Sun. The would-be criminal recognized Depp and backed off. “He looked at Johnny and said, 'I ain't stealing from Captain Jack' and put the bottle down,” the source says. “Johnny gave him a few bucks and told him to straighten up his life.” (More Johnny Depp stories.) Report an error