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Professor S 01-22-2008 05:22 PM

Heath Ledger Dead
 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ead/index.html

Not a joke. He was found dead in his apartment. Apparently there were pills strewn about. Damn, didn't see that one coming. He was a great actor. Looks like The Dark Knight will be his final film.

R.I.P.

Dyne 01-22-2008 06:03 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
I was just talking with a friend about his performance as the Joker. Weird.

He died way too young.

RIP

KillerGremlin 01-22-2008 06:47 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Yeah, that sucks. I hope they finished filming Batman, and I hope they filmed and ending where he dies. Drugs are a pretty bad way to go, or maybe a blissfully awesome way...

Swan 01-22-2008 07:07 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
What a shame. So unexpected....


RIP

GameMaster 01-22-2008 07:36 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
His performance in Brokeback Mountain was so moving.

He was going to blossom into one of the great actors of our time.

Why do the good always die young?

Typhoid 01-22-2008 07:54 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Am I the only one who doesn't really care?
Not to put it like a dick or anything.

Fox 6 01-22-2008 09:19 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GameMaster (Post 216287)
His performance in Brokeback Mountain was so moving.

He was going to blossom into one of the great actors of our time.

Why do the good always die young?

Because the OD on drugs?

The Germanator 01-22-2008 11:16 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Pretty crazy. Had a kid with Michelle Williams and everything. So goes the life.

Professor S 01-22-2008 11:30 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
In the realm of selfishly morbid good news, his filming for The Dark Knight was completed.

Wow, I feel like a jerk for being happy about that. I shouldn't, seeing as it would have been a double shame if his last full project was never completed due to his death. From the looks of it, he should get plenty of port-mortem praise for his role as The Joker.

Dyne 01-22-2008 11:36 PM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Seriously, it's probably going to be one of the darkest films ever - the dark acting overtones of Christian Bale (The Machinist, American Psycho) the darker directing talent of Christopher Nolan (The Prestige), AND the "The Crow"-like feeling of watching the recently deceased Ledger.

"Haunting from the grave" just got a new context.

GameMaster 01-23-2008 12:54 AM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
As a bright-side for Batman fans, it will be pretty much impossible for any critic to slam this movie without coming off as an insensitive jerk in regards to Ledger's death.

Not that we need death to protect this movie from bad ratings because it WILL be good.

Ginkasa 01-23-2008 01:23 AM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid (Post 216289)
Am I the only one who doesn't really care?
Not to put it like a dick or anything.


Then why post? And yes, it is like that.


But, yeah, I really liked Heath. He just kept getting better and better. He could have been really great... Everything I've heard says he put his soul and everything into his performance as the Joker, so I hope it ends his life on a high note professionally.

manasecret 01-23-2008 01:37 AM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
This is the first time I can think of that an actor's death made me care, beyond the normal human compassion. I really enjoyed Ledger's past couple movies, Brokeback Mountain especially, and thought his Joker looked awesome. So I'm disappointed at the lost potential with his death.

R.I.P.

Or reincarnate as something nice.

GameMaster 01-23-2008 03:02 AM

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And apparently pneumonia had something to do with his death...

Dylflon 01-23-2008 03:15 AM

Re: Heath Ledger Dead
 
Let's cut together a tribute video and call it "10 Things I'd Hate About You if you Weren't Dead"


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