(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Johnny Depp thinks the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies were too complex.

The actor famously plays Captain Jack Sparrow in the franchise, with the fourth instalment out later this month. Hes promised upcoming On Stranger Tides will be a crowd pleaser, admitting he worries the second and third sequels werent as strong as they could have been.

They had to invent a trilogy out of nowhere, he told EW. It was plot driven and complicated. I remember talking to Gore [Verbinski, director of the first three films] at certain points during production of 2 or 3, and saying, I dont really know what this means. He said, Neither do I, but lets just shoot it. This guy is this guys dad, and this guy was in love with this broad. It was like, What?

Although he might not be totally happy with them, the Pirates movies have been a huge box office success earning $2.6 billion globally.

Johnny is famed for not watching himself on screen, and has admitted he is yet to see the two sequels. That said, hes sure the upcoming release will better them, and is looking forward to hearing what fans think of it.

I felt if we were going to do a 4, that more than anything we owed the audience a fresh start, without all the complicated mathematics of 1 colliding with 2 and 2 colliding with 3, he explained. I felt like it was important to eliminate as many complications as possible. (C) Cover Media