3:27 pm - 06/15/2008
Christian Bale has called rumors that Heath Ledger's role as The Joker contributed to his death "ridiculous".
Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January, was urged to seek help by crew on The Dark Knight after he reportedly became too involved in his character.
Bale rubbished the speculation in an interview with Total Film, saying: "It's not for me to tell anybody or to pretend to have insights beyond what I absolutely know, but my instincts are that the idea Heath was disturbed by playing The Joker is ridiculous.
"Heath was somebody who, like myself, acted for that immersion in a character. It's not an unusual thing.
"And from working with him and knowing him, I don't think that was unusual for him at all."
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Bale: 'The Joker didn't kill Ledger'
Christian Bale has called rumors that Heath Ledger's role as The Joker contributed to his death "ridiculous".
Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January, was urged to seek help by crew on The Dark Knight after he reportedly became too involved in his character.
Bale rubbished the speculation in an interview with Total Film, saying: "It's not for me to tell anybody or to pretend to have insights beyond what I absolutely know, but my instincts are that the idea Heath was disturbed by playing The Joker is ridiculous.
"Heath was somebody who, like myself, acted for that immersion in a character. It's not an unusual thing.
"And from working with him and knowing him, I don't think that was unusual for him at all."
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You don't blame a factory worker for getting injured in his machinery. It's an occupational hazard. It sucks, but there are always other options. Heath was a method actor. That means that his mind could get fucked from his roles. Oh, well. He didn't HAVE to be a method actor.
that doesn't mean anything.
that's like saying "well, when my uncle scaled mt everest, he didn't die."
and your friend's uncle did.
everyone's experience is different.
he was crazy beforehand ... you've seen the shining, right? ahaha
It may have caused Ledger more stress, but it was more then likely an accumulation of so many different things.
but Michelle Williams said as long as she'd known him he had problems sleeping.
“For as long as I’d known him, he had bouts with insomnia,” she says. “He had too much energy. His mind was turning, turning turning — always turning.”
My God.
People just wanna anything they can to place blame on.