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Jan 22, 2008, 05:02 PM
 
OD?

So who's gonna be the Joker now?
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:04 PM
 
Wow. That is just too bad.
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:07 PM
 
eug, from the wording of the posted article, it seems that filming for the batman movie is finished. This really is to bad. he was a good actor. esp. in The Patriot
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:09 PM
 
he was great in lords of dogtown
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:09 PM
 
Damn, he's younger than I am.

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Jan 22, 2008, 05:15 PM
 
Poor dude. hope it wasn't drugs.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:16 PM
 
First Brandon Lee, now Heath: The Curse of the Actor Who'll Play a White Face Painted Character in his Next Movie strikes again.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES View Post
Poor dude. hope it wasn't drugs.
Sources tell CBS 2's Scott Weinberger the death may be drug-related and that there were pills scattered around the room.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:31 PM
 
think they finished filming batman already.
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Jan 22, 2008, 05:31 PM
 
Diary of a Madman
Heath Ledger on how to become a Joker.
by Stax

November 5, 2007 - Actor Heath Ledger has peeled back the veil of secrecy on his portrayal of The Joker in next summer's The Dark Knight, revealing a glimpse at his process for bringing the Clown Prince of Crime to the big screen in director Christopher Nolan's sequel to Batman Begins.

In an interview with The New York Times, Ledger called the Joker a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy." The role has been "physically and mentally draining" for Ledger, and he has not gotten much sleep during shooting. "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," he said, adding that his body may be tired but that his mind "was still going."

The most interesting revelation in the New York Times piece is that Ledger has been keeping a "Joker diary" to prepare for the role. Ledger began keeping the diary four months before shooting commenced. The Times describes the journal as "filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school."

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Jan 22, 2008, 05:34 PM
 
Hahaha, Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment and drugs? This is crazy, but the press is having a field day right now.

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Jan 22, 2008, 06:02 PM
 
Very sad.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 06:03 PM
 
am i the only one thinking that it's going to be creepy watching a recently deceased actor playing a crazy man in makeup on the big screen?
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 06:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² View Post
am i the only one thinking that it's going to be creepy watching a recently deceased actor playing a crazy man in makeup on the big screen?
It'll probably be the same as when I watched The Crow for the first time.

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Jan 22, 2008, 06:21 PM
 
Or Queen of the Damned, which I never saw.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:04 PM
 
A friend in the know said it was pneumonia and Mary Kate merely lives in the building. We'll see...
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:10 PM
 
Cannot wait to see the new Batman.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:48 PM
 
this is sad... i just watched the brokeback mountain dvd...
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:52 PM
 
Sad, such a young and promising actor. I can't say I like what I saw of him as the joker but his other films were top notch.

I think this will definitely push the ticket sales of the batman movie.
     
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Jan 22, 2008, 10:38 PM
 
I'm sorry to hear of his Death. He definitely was a talented actor.

As for those taking the opportunity to crack jokes or make light of it, Seriously... take a moment to respect the dead.
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