Pepe Le Pew inspired Johnny Depp
It was widely known that Keith Richards was a huge inspiration for Johnny Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow. However, it was surprising to learn that Johnny's other source of inspiration was Pepe Le Pew Johnny enjoyed the Pepe Le Pew cartoons and admired the character's resilience and optimistic outlook when things weren't going his way. He cited that Pepe “sees only what he wants to see.” When he put it this way, we get the reference.