Captain Jack tops poll
Updated on 30 September 2007
Captain Jack Sparrow in the hit Pirates of the Caribbean movies has been voted the UK's favourite big-screen character.
Captain Jack, played by heartthrob Johnny Depp, beat Star Wars' villain Darth Vader into second place in the poll of 4,000 movie fans.
James Bond, played by Daniel Craig in the most recent spy thriller Casino Royale, is third in the survey by Total Film magazine.
Boy wizard Harry Potter (68th), singleton Bridget Jones (16), and caped crusader Batman (11) fail to make it into the top ten most-loved movie characters.
Adventurer and archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is fourth while Gollum, as voiced by Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings, is fifth, followed by Robert De Niro's iconic part as loner Travis Bickle in acclaimed Martin Scorsese movie Taxi Driver.
Sigourney Weaver's character, Ellen Ripley, in the Alien films was the only female in the top ten, taking seventh place. Mafia boss Michael Corleone in The Godfather is eighth, with Star Wars space cowboy Han Solo and serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) completing the top ten.
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