The Dark Knight From CNN.com "Ledger's Joker could be biggest posthumous movie role"

[hemparea51]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/batman.ledger.ap/index.html

 

[Two-Face]

"You can tell Jack Nicholson was having fun doing that, but you can see Heath probably put his soul into it," said "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee. "That's why it's scary. You see the trailer, just a few shots of him, you have to see the movie. ... I'm anxious to see it. I'm afraid to see it. I don't know how I'll respond to it, but you have to see it."

Jack was great as Joker but Heath will be greater.

Ang Lee sasys it all.

 

[Beanjuice]

this makes the movie worth seeing even more

 

[baronghede]

It's the AP article previously posted, for those who haven't read the CNN one.

 

[StylishHokie21]

This article has been posted already, but it's still a good read.

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=299121

 

[Yurka]

Good read

 

[Ben Troupe]

Not sure if bigger than Enter the Dragon because Bruce Lee as an actor was much bigger and is still a bigger Icon than Heath ever was or will be. It's certainly the biggest most well known "character" though if that is what you mean.

 

[Kaizer]

nothing new, but good article

 

[Nightwing1977]

Good read. I like what Ang Lee said, despite hating his Hulk film.

 

[gwynplaine]

I love what Caine had to say, specially the part about the Joker entering the room like a whirlwind, it made me think of the tasmanian devilt:. Well, Tasmania is not very far from Australia, I think.

 

[ActuallyRobin]

its approx 150 miles from Aus

 

[aSyluM7]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/batman.ledger.ap/index.html

I can't wait to see that scene Caine's talking about.
Good read.

 

[gwynplaine]

its approx 150 miles from Aus

Thank you, that qualifies as not very far. (Geography was never my forte.)

 

[ActuallyRobin]

I love what Caine had to say, specially the part about the Joker entering the room like a whirlwind, it made me think of the tasmanian devilt:. Well, Tasmania is not very far from Australia, I think.

!= Heath :]

 

[gwynplaine]

^^^ Lol. Those animals emit the strangest screams. There was a very funny episode of Wildboyz where Pontius and Steve O go to the jungle to worship Tasmanian devils, their screams almost sound human, creepy.

 

[JaD]

Ledger's performance floored two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine, who reprises his role as Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred. Caine's first glimpse of the character came when Ledger emerged onto the set from an elevator; in an interview last September, four months before Ledger's death, Caine said he was so startled that he forgot his lines.


"He came out of the bloody lift like a whirlwind," Caine recalled. "They said, `It's your line, Michael.' I said, `What is it?' Extraordinary. It will be one of the characters of next year, the Joker as played by him."

I remember when I first heard about this a while back, it seemed so awesome and that Heath's Joker really was going to scare the hell out of us. Still can't wait

 

[CorpusBlack]

"Ledger's Joker could be biggest posthumous movie role"

I hope so.

 

[cjblair]

The James Dean of our generation

 

[TheScarecrow]

Well, Tasmania is not very far from Australia, I think.

Tasmania IS Australia.

 

[cjblair]

Tasmania IS Australia.

No it's a colony of Australia, nothing good as ever come out of that place.

 

[mattyt81]

Tasmania IS Australia.

its a small island state of Australia

 

[Nightwing 52]

Good read.

 

[TNC9852002]

Another Ledger/Joker hype thread..

Nice article, though..

-TNC

 

[Nightwing1977]

Those are ugly critters. And their scream are very loud & mean. For small animal like them, their jaws & teeth are strong enough to crush bones into powder. Good thing we don't get them here in the US, but the zoos.

 

[cjblair]

Those are ugly critters. And their scream are very loud & mean. For small animal like them, their jaws & teeth are strong enough to crush bones into powder. Good thing we don't get them here in the US, but the zoos.

The Devils are nearly dead, facial tumours. Google Tasmanian Tiger, they're already extinct.

Not a bad tribute.
http://www.batman-on-film.com/opinion_go-ahead-hate-thejoker_jett_3-28-08.html