Heath Ledger.
The dark Knight.
Everyone said that you were fearless taking on this role,
is that really true?
I definitely feared it.
Anything that fears me, I guess, excites me at the same time and so I don’t know if I
was fearless, but I certainly had...
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Heath Ledger.
The dark Knight.
Everyone said that you were fearless taking on this role,
is that really true?
I definitely feared it.
Anything that fears me, I guess, excites me at the same time and so I don’t know if I
was fearless, but I certainly had to put on a brave face and believe that I had something up my sleeve and
something that was different.
Did you watch any of the Jack Nicholson stuff?
Oh yeah.
I mean, not after I got the role, but I’ve seen it many times before, I was a huge fan of it and
having seen Chris’ first film, I knew that there’s a big difference between a Chris Nolan film and a Tim
Burton film and so therefore there was enough room for a fresh portrayal and so I’ve kind of steered away
from what Jack did hopefully.
How did you build your character? Did you start with the comic books or the movies or the tv series?
A bit of both.
Like I sat around a hotel room in London, for about a month and I just locked myself away
and formed a little diary and experi
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