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Heath Ledger As The Joker in the Movie ‘The Dark Knight’ in 2008

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Before Heath Ledger played what most people would call the best version of the Joker in Christopher Knight’s The Dark Knight, most of the Batman movies were quite comedic at best. Sadly, Ledger lost his life to a prescription drug overdose, dying before this particular movie was even released. Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the movies, shared that Ledger was an absolute legend while filming, pushing the best of his own performance. Off screen though, Bale was quick to say, “Our first scene was in an interrogation room together, and I saw that he’s a helluva actor who’s completely committed to it and totally gets the tone that Chris [Nolan] is trying to create with this. We’re not going for actors revealing their enjoyment of playing a wacky caricature. We’re treating this as serious drama. You go into character and you stay in the character. I love that. I find that so ridiculous that I love it, and I take that very seriously. Heath was definitely embracing that. When he was in the makeup and the garb he was in character the whole time; and when he took it off he was absolutely fantastic company to be around.”