Heath Ledger Dark Knight

Heath ledger s diary detailed dark descent and chilling premonition of his own death the australian actor died aged 28 of a prescription drugs overdose after playing the joker in the dark knight.

Heath ledger dark knight. In addition largely due to that incarnation s popularity that regarded his very dark nature several later incarnations of the joker were depicted in a similarly dark manner. The film was the second of christopher nolan s dark knight trilogy falling between batman begins 2005 and the dark knight rises 2012. 5 reasons heath ledger s joker is still the best comic book movie villain his 5 closest contenders in addition to his acclaimed roles in smaller movies like moon jojo rabbit and three billboards outside ebbing missouri rockwell would go on to play a different comic book movie villain dancing goofball tony.

India tv entertainment desk new delhi updated on. Heath ledger in an interview with new york times said that playing joker in the dark knight was physically and mentally draining for him. With christian bale heath ledger aaron eckhart michael caine.

The joker was portrayed by the late heath ledger as the main antagonist of the dark knight a role that won him a posthumous academy award for best supporting actor. Ledger s death on january 22 2008 was unexpected and dominated the publicity of the to be released film. Heath ledger s performance as the joker in the dark knight 2008 reinvented a classic batman villain and won him rave reviews from critics.

The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolan s 2008 superhero film the dark knight based upon the dc comics character and supervillain of the same name he was played by late australian actor heath ledger a psychopathic criminal mastermind and mass murderer with a warped sadistic sense of humor the joker is hired by gotham city s mob bosses to kill the vigilante batman. Such was heath ledger s commitment to playing the joker the actor told his co star christian bale to really hit him in the famous interrogation scene from the dark knight bale who played.