LOS ANGELES — After decades of dark excess,
Keith Richards seems wildly out of place at family-friendly Disneyland. But on a recent Saturday, there he was, a rock 'n' roll exile on Main Street USA, attending the massive movie premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," the fourth installment in the blockbuster franchise in which he briefly appears as Capt. William Teague, father to Johnny Depp's scoundrel son Jack Sparrow.
"No one is more surprised by all of it than me," the Rolling Stones guitarist said with a wink. "I never expected to work for the
Disney organization for a while. I'm still shocked, but, hey, it's all good fun."
Richards first got on board for a cameo in the 2007 film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" at the behest of Depp, whom the musician describes as a "blood on blood" friend, and it's quite apparent they have a jolly good time playing pirate together. "If Johnny says he wants to do something, well, it doesn't take much to get me to show up," Richards said with a rasp of a laugh.
The legendary guitar player was given a surprising amount of spotlight during the six-hour premiere, which was really more of a pop-culture pep rally, with more than 700 fans paying $1,000 each to join invited guests and watch the 3-D film on a six-story outdoor screen, eat dinner and see the stars up close.
With a big pirate grin, Richards went through it all, shrugging, bowing and staggering, the same bleary ballet that famously inspired much of Depp's on-screen shtick as Sparrow when he was first putting his now-signature character together for the 2003 film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
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