Heath Ledger’s efficiency in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster The Darkish Knight is extensively thought-about to be the very best portrayal of the Joker.
No offence to Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Hamill or Jack Nicholson in fact, however there is a cause Ledger’s painted face springs to thoughts every time anybody mentions the Clown Prince of Crime.
Nevertheless, delivering one of the all-time biggest performances of a comic book guide character would come at a deep private price to Ledger, with the actor pushing himself to the restrict with a view to put together for the function.
Within the run as much as filming, the 10 Issues I Hate About You star reportedly locked himself away in a lodge room for weeks whereas he studied each side of the character in addition to drawing inspiration from 1971 film A Clockwork Orange and punk band the Intercourse Pistols.
Ledger would famously additionally maintain a diary whereas changing into the Joker, which detailed his descent into the thoughts of Gotham’s creepiest villain.
The diary would later be launched by the star’s father, Kim Ledger, within the documentary Too Younger to Die: Heath Ledger, which aired eight years after his loss of life on the age of 28.
Produced by German filmmaker Dag Freyer, Ledger Sr might be seen leafing by the journal’s pages and confirmed the rumours about his son going right into a self-imposed exile was actually true.
The pages contained notes and inspirations behind his performing selections, revealing a plethora of terrifying muses together with hyenas, clowns, comedian strips and Alex DeLarge from Stanley Kubrick’s traditional movie.
Check out the journal in a clip from the documentary right here:
“He fairly nicely locked himself up in a lodge room for weeks. He galvanised the upcoming character. That was typical of Heath. He would try this. He appreciated to dive into his characters, however this time he actually took it up a notch,” Kim mentioned.
One explicit creepy entry concerned the late actor scrawling ‘BYE BYE’ throughout one of many pages.
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Ledger would full filming in October 2007 with the movie being within the strategy of enhancing when he handed away in January 2008. The actor’s loss of life would later be dominated as an unintended drug overdose.
The Darkish Knight premiered to each essential and business success in July 2008, incomes Ledger a posthumous award for ‘Finest Supporting Actor’ on the Oscars – which his household accepted on his behalf.
He additionally acquired a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award, the latter of which was accepted by the movie’s director, Christopher Nolan.
