Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Wow.
That just...hell, I thought it might be a sick joke for a second, too.
That just...hell, I thought it might be a sick joke for a second, too.
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Actor Heath Ledger dead
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Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
From what I can tell from the news reports, it's not drugs. Yes, he took sleeping pills, but not your traditional "heroine-OD" type drugs. And at least one network is reporting that it was an accident and not suicide. One possible scenario is accidentally too many sleeping pills, vomits in sleep, doesn't wake up from choking, and dies.
S. Baldrick
Explorer
Very sad indeed. 28 years old is way to young to go.
Krug
Newshound
What a waste.
I suppose they'll have to pull some of the Batman posters:
http://bringingbackrad.com/Heath-Joker.jpg
I suppose they'll have to pull some of the Batman posters:
http://bringingbackrad.com/Heath-Joker.jpg
Steel_Wind
Legend
Very, very sad.
We used a lot of the jousting in A Knight's Tale as the basis for much of our environments and "feel" to the jousting in Wyvern Crown of Cormyr.
Accordingly, I watched that movie closely - and often - as a consequence .
It was a movie i had come to really enjoy prior to that. I know a lot of D&D fans didn't like it as it was so obviously non-historical. I had no problem with that aspect of the movie - because it clearly didn't pretend to be historically based. It was over the top and made no pretense otherwise and never took itself seriously.
And so I loved it.
I thought he was brilliant in Lords of Dogtown - a very underrated film in my opinion. He proved there he could act. Great movie.
He was, of course, nominated for an Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. He was not a mere genre actor of questionable talent - this guy was the real deal and a bona fide star.
This is very sad news indeed. I have no idea what impact it will have upon the new Batman movie - if all the scenes and pickups were done for it or not. I suppose these days they can CGI it if need be - but Ledger as the Joker was a big part of that movie.
We used a lot of the jousting in A Knight's Tale as the basis for much of our environments and "feel" to the jousting in Wyvern Crown of Cormyr.
Accordingly, I watched that movie closely - and often - as a consequence .
It was a movie i had come to really enjoy prior to that. I know a lot of D&D fans didn't like it as it was so obviously non-historical. I had no problem with that aspect of the movie - because it clearly didn't pretend to be historically based. It was over the top and made no pretense otherwise and never took itself seriously.
And so I loved it.
I thought he was brilliant in Lords of Dogtown - a very underrated film in my opinion. He proved there he could act. Great movie.
He was, of course, nominated for an Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. He was not a mere genre actor of questionable talent - this guy was the real deal and a bona fide star.
This is very sad news indeed. I have no idea what impact it will have upon the new Batman movie - if all the scenes and pickups were done for it or not. I suppose these days they can CGI it if need be - but Ledger as the Joker was a big part of that movie.
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Mouseferatu
Hero
Steel_Wind said:
I think all the major filming's done already, though I could be wrong.
Thing is, I thought he was supposed to be in the third one, too. So either way, it's going to throw a serious monkey wrench into the series.
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Such a pity.
horacethegrey
First Post
DAMN...It's really saddening when a promising young actor bites the big one. I was really starting to warm to Heath after his performances in Brokeback Mountain and The Brother's Grimm. I was quite looking forward to his appearance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
RIP Heath. You will be missed.
