Heath Ledger Dead At 28

Fred Phelps is essentially just a hateful old man who unfortunately has two or three families worth of people wrapped around his little finger.

 

I read that in an article just now. *sigh*

 

I'm in shock about this. I respected him. I'll post again when some thoughts have formed.

 

Perhaps a warning in regards to playing the Joker?

 

Uhm, I read in an interview not so long ago that Jack Nicholson is furious about him not getting the Joker role.

Maybe this is also why he is reacting so cold on Heath's death?

 

I wouldn't say cold, it was more distant if anything. I've never seen Nicholson be emotional about anything. It's more his "I warned him" thing that strikes me as odd. I really do think it might have something to do with the role of the Joker.

 

Obviously yes, since the role is dark and psychotic. I've read that some actors get so into their characters in a movie that they often find it hard to separate themselves from it to get back into reality. It's logical since you have to mentally and physically prepare for a role. Perhaps portraying the Joker got to him. That's what I truly believe and I'm sticking to that.

I remember that interview and I think it said that Nicholson was furious because he wasn't contacted to see if he wanted to come back as the Joker.

 

That's creepy but I don't at all doubt that the role caused him to slightly lose his mind.

 

Exactly. And they interviewed him somewhere about the shooting of the film, and he said that it was causing him to not sleep and to panic and stuff.

And of course they found Zoloft, Ambien, and I can't remember the other one (I want to say Valium, but I'm not positive) at the apartment.

I saw the trailers and stuff again, and you can just see that there's no barrier in that performance. He totally got sucked into the role. Such a pity

 

Yes! That was it, thanks.

 

The bloke who is head of this so-called "church" is actually senile. It's just his followers are too far up their own arses to actually realise.

Watch Louis Theroux's program with them. Rather insightful actually.

 

He was Fantastic in "The Patriot" And "A Knights Tale"

RIP Heath Ledger. He was an amazing Actor

 

I'm going to try and dispell the belief that his death was caused indirectly by his performance in The Dark Knight.

Foremost is the fact that production wrapped over two months ago, which would have given him plenty of time to recuperate from filming (aside from the 2 days off per week given to casts in most big-budget pictures) (see "Production Notes/Status"). Further, Ledger was already filming another picture (see IMDb), so for TDK to have been so taxing as to have lead to his death he probably would not have began work on a new film. In fact, several news publications are reporting a quote from Ledger that his role in I'm Not There was equally exhausting as TDK (Yahoo!/AP). Perhaps he shot both pictures at the same time.

I think the honest truth, though, is that he died from leading a hyper-active lifestyle. Oftentimes actors will work like crazy for several months on end, then travel the world over and hit up the trendy spots in their off time. 18 hour work days and 18 hour nights can bring an enourmous toll on the body, not to mention the personal tribulations he had been going through (accoding to media reports). Hence, I don't think we should blame the movie for his death, as he's played several intense roles for the past few years.

On another note, however, don't be too quick to trust the media, especially when it comes to things like this Nicholson quote (anybody have a source?). These are the same people who reported that his apartment was owned by Mary-Kate/Ashley Oslen, when they had absolutely nothing to do with the event.

 

TMZ has the video of him being told by a paparazzo. To which you hear him clearly say "I warned him", he chuckles, and lights up a cigarette.

 

Well, to his credit, his cigarette was already lit.

Apparently he warned him about the Ambien, not the role.

 

Thanks for the clarification.