We just need to accept a simple fact - that Ledger died of a drug overdose, naked and alone in a motel room. It does not automatically mean, he died preparing for the role and that he deserves our sympathies for the same. It is not exactly bollywood that actors do parts in 5 movies at a time. So if Ledger over prepared as is being sympathetically proposed, too bad he failed to take the pressure. To me this is not any less gimmicky than Aamir Khan living the character of his upcoming movie. As someone once said, 'method actors must try acting for a change'. Anyway, I wish Ledger's performance shapes up well.
RE:srchari1@rediffmail.com
by ashish Mahapstra on Jul 16, 2008 04:43 PM Permalink
hey, just to inform you the shooting for The Dark Knight was wrapped up by November 2007. Late Heath Ledger passed away in Janunary 2008 in his apartment. Moreover the co-actors have told that he was quite a normal person between takes. So it is definitely not over-doing 'JOKER' that took toll on him, it was an accidental prescription drug overdose. The fact that a GEM of an actor is lost, makes THE DARK KNIGHT all the more hyped.
