The Dark Knight Bale Vs. Nicholson - Joker killed Heath?

[Asteroid-Man]

by Ryan Porter

Courtesy Warner Bros.





Christian Doesn't Think Heath's Death Was Joker-Related


Heath Ledger wasn't driven mad by Joker, says noted weirdo Christian Bale.


Although Jack Nicholson ominously said, "Well, I warned him," after Heath Ledger's death, his co-star Christian Bale doesn't believe the 28-year-old was driven mad by playing the Joker.

The shady circumstances leading up to Heath's death, including complaints of insomnia and a slavish devotion to his character, fed into gossip that the role had given him demons in a way that no cutie bad-boy hunk with ten reasons to hate role ever did.

But just because Heath wouldn't stop channeling the Joker while on the set of The Dark Knight doesn't mean he had problems. "Heath was somebody who, like myself, acted for that immersion in a character," Christian told Total Film magazine. "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."

Note that this is the same actor who dropped 55 pounds to play a pilot stranded in the jungle in Rescue Dawn, so his idea of normal might be just a tad skewed.

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Interesting... even after his death, Nicholson can't stop chirppin the poor guy. RIP Heath and Nicholson... see a doctor, time has not been good to you.

 

[cerealclown]

WHAT?!?!?!?! HEATH DIED?!






























Oh yeah, this is old.

 

[explode7]

^Who's Heath?

 

[Smileytimefun]

This article? This actually showed up today on MSN

 

[S.D. Plissken]

Nicholson said that in regards to taking sleep medication. He never said the Joker performance would end up killing Ledger.

This is an open and shut case. Why perpetuate this kind of BS and gossip? People actually start to take it as truth--and that's dangerous and stupid.

Lockemup.

*hisssssss*

 

[Yurka]

Wow, I cant believe writers can get away with this kindof ********. After Nicholson made this comment everyone thought it was about the character, Nicholson later came out and said it was about the sleeping pills.

S.D. Plissken is correct.

 

[Andrex]

^Who's Heath?

Too soon.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Driven mad by playing The Joker? Sounds extreme...Seriously, it was an accident. A tragic accident. I don't think it goes beyond that.

 

[The Battousai]

Too soon.

Not really - unless, of course, you'd either met Heath or knew him personally.

 

[Andrex]

Not really - unless, of course, you'd either met Heath or knew him personally.

Oh please, don't make this into a humor vs uptightness argument.

 

[kid bosco]

They are bringing this tripe up because the film is nearing, that is all.

 

[ChrisB]

Too soon.

Its been 6 months, get over it!

 

[The Battousai]

Oh please, don't make this into a humor vs uptightness argument.

I didn't - you're doing that.

 

[Andrex]

I didn't - you're doing that.

If you hadn't posted it wouldn't have even brought up, for the record.

 

[The Battousai]

If you hadn't posted it wouldn't have even brought up, for the record.

Sure, whatever - you win the argument, then. I don't care.

 

[GarretW]

^Who's Heath?

 

[Andrex]

Sure, whatever - you win the argument, then. I don't care.

Good.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I can't believe someone was actually payed to write that.

 

[ChrisB]

I can't believe someone was actually payed to write that.

I liked it, it was very well written!

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

^Who's Heath?

You're a d-bag, I hate you, seriously, I'm not joking.

 

[Frank Noir]

I'm sorry (not really), but some of you have a weird sense of humour. Making jokes about Heath, on a Batman forum? What the hell is that?

Just stupid if you ask me.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

give me a break

 

[super17]

Im suprisded no one complained about the Bale-bashing in the article. The writers goes out of his way to make fun of him at several points in the article. The guy writting it is a complete moron, no offense.

 

[P.F. Geraci]

I remember when Nicholson made that comment too. They showed it on that stupid TMZ show. Even in the correct context, I thought it was in poor taste.

I don't necessarily think The Joker disturbed Heath that much. I'm sure it physically messed with his sleep patterns and that's probably part of the reason why he was on sleeping pills. But he was also on a bunch of other meds. I mean, the guy lost custody to his little daughter. I can understand him being depressed. It was just a really bad accident.
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[chamber-music]

Nicholson said that in regards to taking sleep medication. He never said the Joker performance would end up killing Ledger.

This is an open and shut case. Why perpetuate this kind of BS and gossip? People actually start to take it as truth--and that's dangerous and stupid.

Lockemup.

*hisssssss*

Quote for the truth

As mentioned Nicholson was talking about sleep medication not his role as the Joker. Media trying to make a story out of a story that isn't there to try and sell newspapers.

Why do people find this stuff so hard to understand?