Johnny Depp has suddenly lost interest in doing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The change in heart seems to have to do with the departure of longtime Disney chairman Dick Cook, who left the company on Friday. Some outlets are reporting that Cook was fired, which may have something to do with Depp’s displeasure with Disney since Depp was very close with Cook.

Depp told the LA Times that Cook stood by him when other Disney executives didn’t like the idea of Depp’s offbeat portrayal of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates films. He also described Cook as “the sweetest man on the planet and such a gent.” Depp added that while he has a deal in place for the next Pirates flick, it will depend heavily on the script now because his enthusiasm has dropped due to the Cook situation.

“There’s a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment. It was all born in (Cook’s) office.”