Johnny Depp donned his pirate's regalia and visited a London elementary school for an assembly after receiving a letter from a 9-year-old fan.

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The Telegraph said the actor and father of two young children had been filming the fourth installment in his "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise at the nearby Old Royal Naval College and decided to drop by the Meridian primary school in Greenwich, southeast London, to answer young Beatrice Delap's letter in person.

"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," Beatrice wrote in her letter to Depp's iconic pirate character, Capt. Jack Sparrow.

"I had the idea to write the letter last week after me and a friend went to see the film set. Yesterday the school called us in for a special assembly at the end of the day," Beatrice later told The Telegraph.

"Then Johnny Depp walked in dressed as Captain Jack. There were gasps and screams. He pulled the letter out of his pocket and said he was going to frame it. Then he called me down and gave me a hug. He said the pirates were going to take over the school and only eat candy and our teeth would turn black and fall out. But he said we shouldn't mutiny against the teachers because there were some police outside and we might get into trouble. It was the most exciting school day ever."

"It was a very memorable day," agreed acting head teacher Jo Graham.