Johnny Depp gave Heath Ledger’s daughter his total wage from film they co-starred in
Johnny Depp was considered one of many actors who made a beneficiant present to Heath Ledger’s daughter after his devastating passing.
Finest identified for his roles in The Darkish Knight, Brokeback Mountain and 10 Issues I Hate About You, Ledger shockingly handed away on the age of 28 in his New York condominium. His dying would later be dominated as an unintentional overdose.
He was survived by his younger daughter Matilda Rose, whom he welcomed alongside fellow actor Michelle Williams in 2005, after assembly on the set of Brokeback Mountain the earlier yr.
Ledger’s dying despatched shockwaves by way of Hollywood, with most of the star’s A-list mates rallying collectively to look out for Matilda.
This may contain a selected type act from Depp, who pledged to present his wage from 2009’s The Imaginarium of Physician Parnassus to Matilda. The fantasy movie can be the final venture which Ledger would star in and was considered one of two to be posthumously launched, alongside The Darkish Knight.
Depp wasn’t the one actor to make such a beneficiant present to then two-year-old both, with co-stars Colin Farrell and Jude Regulation additionally pledging their charges to the kid.
Though Matilda is greater than set for all times financially, she would finally inherit the actor’s property – rumoured to be round $20 million (£15 million) – after Ledger’s household voluntarily donated it to her.
Now aged 19, Matilda largely stays out of the limelight and is believed to reside along with her mom in NYC.
In the meantime, Ledger’s legacy as an actor was cemented after starring reverse Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster The Darkish Knight. His position as Joker would win the actor awards, together with ‘Finest Supporting Actor’ on the Oscar, in addition to a BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.
Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker would additionally go away an enduring legacy on that of his co-stars, with Michael Caine even admitting he was terrified after seeing him in motion because the Clown Prince of Crime for the primary time.
“Completely floored me the primary time I noticed him in motion – I used to be terrified,” Caine, who performed Alfred Pennyworth within the trilogy, admitted in his memoir, Don’t Look Again, You’ll Journey Over: My Information to Life.
“We have been all terribly shocked, and it made doing the publicity for The Darkish Knight that summer time far more intense, as a result of all of the journalists wished to speak about his dying,” he added.
“It nonetheless makes me unhappy to think about it… [it’s] a efficiency for the ages.”
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