We spend enough time here on the rich, rich topic of Celebrities Behaving Like Douchebags that it’s sort of a relief to note the occasional counterexample. And once again, Johnny Depp has stepped up to show the world that it’s possible to be a hugely successful actor without being a colossal tool. Yesterday he paid a surprise visit to a school in Greenwich, England, not far from where the latest (and probably last) Pirates of the Caribbean is filming. Johnny swooped in after receiving the following note from 9-year-old Beatrice Delap:

We are a bunch of budding young pirates. Normally we’re a right handful, but we’re having trouble mutinying against the teachers. We’d love it if you could come and help.”

With only ten minutes’ warning, Depp showed up at a hastily convened assembly in full Jack Sparrow regalia accompanied by a few of his fellow pirates. He then invited Beatrice on stage, gave her a hug, and told her they probably shouldn’t mutiny that day “because there are police outside monitoring me.” Sappy stories like this can make you feel like there’s hope for the whole entertainment community. But that’s probably not true, so we’ll return to our regularly scheduled snark.