R.i.p Heath Ledger

i heard this about Heath shortly after his death. he is the Joker in the upcoming Batman film, "The Dark Knight", which i'm super excited about. when i first heard that Heath Ledger was playing the Joker, i was like...what?!?!

Heath Ledger portrays the Joker, whom the actor described as a "psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy". Nolan had wanted to work with Ledger on a number of projects in the past, but had been unable to do so. When Ledger saw Batman Begins, he realized a way to make the character work in that film's tone, and Nolan agreed upon his anarchic interpretation. To prepare for the role he lived alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the character's posture, voice and psychology. While he initially found it difficult, Ledger was eventually able to generate a voice which did not sound like Jack Nicholson's take on the character in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film. He started a diary, in which he wrote the Joker's thoughts and feelings to guide himself during his performance. He was also given Batman: The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth to read, which he "really tried to read [...] and put it down". Ledger also cited inspiration in A Clockwork Orange and Sid Vicious. Ultimately, "there’s nothing that [is] consistent", as his main objective was to frighten the audience.


Also, i heard that he spent time psych ward with schizos to learn more about his behavior...
if you ask me...he went crazy

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In a week we should know what was the cause of death. Also did anyone else hear that someone inpersonated Heath's father and called Tom Cruise and John Travolta?
 
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I believe the general assumption right now is that there was a combination of an accidental overdose with the wrong mixture of drugs. He was on antibiotics for pneumonia and then his character of The Joker in the new Batman had been giving him very intense nightmares and he was on sleeping pills for that. It seems he probably was having a worse night than usual and didn't realize he was mixing the wrong pills and/or too many. It is very sad though.
 
I have not followed the whole story but it was indeed a tragic accident. He took too many medications. It is sad. He would have become a big star. It is sad to know he is no longer there :(
 
It is really sad, he was truly a gifted actor. I am looking forward to his deadly final work, portraying the Joker. He seems as good as Jack Nicholson was, if not better.
 
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