[MOTHERWELL]

Crazy.

wcbstv.com - Actor Heath Ledger Dead At 28

[Eug]

OD?

So who's gonna be the Joker now?

[Rumor]

Wow. That is just too bad.

[sideus]

"Someone has been using Brand X."

[brassplayersrock²]

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

[macfantn]

he was great in lords of dogtown

[lavar78]

Damn, he's younger than I am.

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Poor dude. hope it wasn't drugs.

[scottiB]

First Brandon Lee, now Heath: The Curse of the Actor Who'll Play a White Face Painted Character in his Next Movie strikes again.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

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.

[d4nth3m4n]

think they finished filming batman already.

[ort888]

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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[ShortcutToMoncton]

Hahaha, Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment and drugs? This is crazy, but the press is having a field day right now.

greg

[lpkmckenna]

Very sad.

[brassplayersrock²]

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?

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

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.

[lpkmckenna]

Or Queen of the Damned, which I never saw.

[Arty50]

A friend in the know said it was pneumonia and Mary Kate merely lives in the building. We'll see...

[rickey939]

Cannot wait to see the new Batman.

[Sealobo]

this is sad... i just watched the brokeback mountain dvd...

[MacosNerd]

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.

[SirCastor]

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.

[brassplayersrock²]

my comment wasn't trying to be a joke. that's how i feel

[Jawbone54]

The image I keep seeing in my head is the picture of his 2-year-old daughter riding on top of his shoulders as he walked down the street. She won't have any memories of him in just a few more years.

This is really sad.

[Salty]

I heard two hosts on the radio making fun of him, I've already emailed the station and given them a piece of my mind. Awful.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Don't be stupidly ridiculous. Everyone could make fun of him with impunity 10 hours ago, but now that he seems to have "accidentally overdosed" on pills he's sacred ground and off-limits?

As in life, so in death. Amen.

greg

[invisibleX]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

Don't be stupidly ridiculous. Everyone could make fun of him with impunity 10 hours ago, but now that he seems to have "accidentally overdosed" on pills he's sacred ground and off-limits?

As in life, so in death. Amen.

greg

I'm pretty sure they'd be jerks then too.

Do not speak ill of the dead.

[Kerrigan]

To the inevitable jokes about his death, I'm reminded of a quote by Jean Baudrillard:

“A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise"

[Atomic Rooster]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

Hahaha, Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment and drugs? This is crazy, but the press is having a field day right now.

greg

Obviously you only read what you wanted to and filtered out the rest.

[thirsty]

A very sad day indeed.

Living in Heaths home town of Perth Western Australia, i and many west Aussie's feel as if we have lost a family member.
My sympathy goes out to his family and the mates here he treasured so much.

Rest in Peace Heath.... you are one a kind.

[moonmonkey]

This is Australia's Diana

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

This is Australia's Diana

If you haven't been hitting the sarcasm juice then you need help.

[Face Ache]

Originally Posted by thirsty 

Living in Heaths home town of Perth Western Australia, i and many west Aussie's feel as if we have lost a family member..

It's like when my hamster died, all over again.

[moonmonkey]

This is Australia's 9-11

[brassplayersrock²]

*le sigh*

[MacosNerd]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

This is Australia's 9-11

How can you say that

While the death of such a talented young person is indeed sad, it is in by no means anywhere near the tragedy of 911. thousands of people died at the hands of terrorist, Heath presumably died by his own hand taking drugs.

[andi*pandi]

the sarcasmometer is busted again.

but a pity about heath. He and River Phoenix, stupid waste of talent.

[PaperNotes]

I hear he learned how to act in the last couple of years so feel sorry for him even if he was a prat.

[osiris]

Sorry, but I hardly knew him and had to look him up.
RIP

[Jawbone54]

He really had started coming into his own.

I really can't wait to see how he fared as the Joker.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster 

Obviously you only read what you wanted to and filtered out the rest.

What rest? All other details were released as more information was discovered. That was the initial report: "dead, naked and with pills in Olsen's apartment."

Sorry, I've got little time for tears and shallow sympathies over some dead rich guy with drugs and a masseuse. Thousands of people died yesterday, and many of them lived more deserving lives and died more tragic deaths. This was some dude who acted from time to time, sometimes well. Congratulations; you worked your ass off to "make it big" and got the opportunity of a lifetime, and then you ****ed up and killed yourself. Pardon me if I look at what you could've done, and then give what you did do the finger.

But hey, I enjoyed 10 Things I Hate About You when I was a youngun, and I'm sure The Dark Knight will be great. Woohoo.

greg

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by sideus 

"Someone has been using Brand X."

Morbid or not, I had to take a moment to pay tribute to the quality of this comment.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

Sorry, I've got little time for tears and shallow sympathies over some dead rich guy with drugs and a masseuse.

And you suppose the only other option is running your mouth? There's nothing shallow about showing basic respect for your fellow man. I don't feel particularly sad for most people who die, but I don't make it a point to stop by their funerals and crack jokes either.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

When I stop by his funeral and crack a joke, you can come talk to me. Otherwise, keep posting nonsense on the intarweb.

greg

[Jawbone54]

[Doofy]

So, a big bunch of arseholes in this thread then.

R.I.P. Mr. Ledger - I enjoyed your work mate.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Honestly, he just didn't strike me as the type that'd be drugging. Then I saw some of the images from the past year -- he didn't look so hot.

I did hear some interesting things about the lengths he was taking to immerse in the Joker role. Without any concrete facts, I wonder if the strain affected him somehow.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Honestly, he just didn't strike me as the type that'd be drugging. Then I saw some of the images from the past year -- he didn't look so hot.

He definitely started looking pretty rough.

I did hear some interesting things about the lengths he was taking to immerse in the Joker role. Without any concrete facts, I wonder if the strain affected him somehow.

Do a quick Google search on the Joker diary he kept. He dived into the role 100%. That's apparently when his sleeping problems began.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

Do a quick Google search on the Joker diary he kept. He dived into the role 100%. That's apparently when his sleeping problems began.

That's exactly what I'm referring to.

[Jawbone54]

Well then I should've saved that post for a rainy day.

I have no idea what I meant by that.