Heath Ledger

PerfectionsFlawPerfectionsFlaw Join Date: 2003-02-14 Member: 13555Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Dead at 28 yrs old</div>I'm not traumatized by this, but it kinda makes me want to watch the movie now to see what kinda ######ed up ###### they were making him to to overdose himself.

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/...dead/index.html</a>
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Because famous actors only overdose months after playing a weird person in a movie. Not for any other reason.
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    <img src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/128343772721718750brokbakkitteh.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    Cheezeberger thought of this..
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    that's sad
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    I've heard quite a few anecdotal tales about this already.

    Apparently (and I use the term "apparently" in the same way I'd use it when starting a tale I heard from a drunk guy in the pub talking about aliens), he found playing the Joker quite a demanding role, and since he's a method actor and he put a lot of preparation into this role, he started losing sleep. He ended up not being able to sleep more than 2-3 hours a night and so on. According to "people on set" he started taking more and more sleeping pills simply to be able to nod off in the first place.

    So I guess if any of this is half way true, it kinda fits together.



    Other than that, though, it kinda came out of nowhere, huh. I hadn't heard anything particularly bad happening in his life (even now I haven't heard it). I know he split with his wife/girlfriend/whatever but that was quite some time ago. And it can hardly be said that his career has slowed down, considering he's playing what many people consider to be the greatest fictional villain of all time in the sequel of what is probably the best batman movie so far.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Brandon Lee anyone?

    Clearly, wearing makeup is a mistake </poor taste>

    It's rather sad. I know really nothing about Heath Ledger as a person, but I thought he was a good actor. I suppose we'll never know whether this was a tragic single incident/accident, or whether he'd had self destructive tendancies etc before.

    Now, conversely, if Amy Winehouse would hurry up & OD and get off the television, for that I might applaud, at this rate.
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I wonder if Britney and Paris are upset.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited January 2008
    What's a method actor?
    Edit: Nevermind, looked it up. I actually did that once. I managed to push myself into a mild depression because the role I was playing was such a bleak and scarred person.
    Edit2: Come to think of it, I think I've done that several times.
    Edit3: The method acting, that is, not the depression.
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  • AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
    edited January 2008
    When in ninth grade, I was playing Romeo in a small school play for the younger kids. I was also method acting, thus I went out and butchered seventeen ducks and bathed in their intestines, just to get in the role.

    Edit: that's not Romeo & Julie...
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1668205:date=Jan 23 2008, 11:13 AM:name=puzl)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(puzl @ Jan 23 2008, 11:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668205"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I wonder if Britney and Paris are upset.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Why?


    Yeah it is sad, he was awesome in a Knight's Tale. Someone who really did have the potential to be one of the best.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    I think his acting career just became exponentially better.







    .....too soon?
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  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    I must be a major A** H***. When I heard the news, all I can think of is "Damn, there goes my Joker in the 3rd Batman movie."
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1668286:date=Jan 24 2008, 06:48 AM:name=DrSuredeath)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DrSuredeath @ Jan 24 2008, 06:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668286"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I must be a major A** H***. When I heard the news, all I can think of is "Damn, there goes my Joker in the 3rd Batman movie."<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well the film's in post production, so you probably don't have to worry bout that.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1668288:date=Jan 24 2008, 02:14 PM:name=locallyunscene)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(locallyunscene @ Jan 24 2008, 02:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668288"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well the film's in post production, so you probably don't have to worry bout that.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He said third. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> As in, any sequel to Dark Knight.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1668261:date=Jan 23 2008, 06:13 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thaldarin @ Jan 23 2008, 06:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668261"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Why?
    Yeah it is sad, he was awesome in a Knight's Tale. Someone who really did have the potential to be one of the best.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    heh, you are the only person to mention Knight's Tale yet.

    I actually really like the movie, Ledger was rather good in it, and the other actor and the writing were also good. Fun, feel good movie, nuff said.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    edited January 2008
    The main film people know him from is obviously his latest being Batman Dark Knight & Brokeback mountain. But I remember watching him in the young days of my younger years in Knights Tale, 10 Things I hate about you and the Patriot.

    Edit: I was 9/10/11 When those were released <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    damn you are a young'un!

    However, 10 things I hate about you was also good....
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1668309:date=Jan 24 2008, 02:39 PM:name=Thansal)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thansal @ Jan 24 2008, 02:39 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668309"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->damn you are a young'un!

    However, 10 things I hate about you was also good....<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I often quote the bad poetry in that movie. "But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all." *runs off crying*
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  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    edited January 2008
    This is my current desktop background... centered and such.

    [attachment=35798:heath.jpg]
    (Made it meselfff)

    I actually knew him more from 10 Things I Hate About You than anything else. Didn't ever watch Brokeback or the other ones...

    The new Batman movie is going to be a ridiculous commercial success because of this, as terrible as that may be. (Or as nice as it may be that his final film is remembered forever)
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    The only part I liked about "10 Things I Hate About You" was the part in Gasworks Park because that place is cool. I was about to type a list of 10 Things I Hate About 10 Things I hate About You and then I realized what I was about to do and slapped myself.
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1668261:date=Jan 23 2008, 11:13 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thaldarin @ Jan 23 2008, 11:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1668261"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Why?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    I think puzl was referring to the fact that the only reason this death is reported so much is that he's a celebrity. Someone could be brutally murdered and half eaten by a gang of mutant crocodiles, and it'd be front page news for 1 or 2 days. Heath Ledger's death will be headlining for quite some time, and there'll be countless little stories about him here and there, interviews with his friends and so on, just 'cos he's famous.

    Much like Britney and Paris.

    Although he can probably put it more eloquently than me.
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