New batman flick, second in the line of Begins, coming this summer!
I'm personally very amped for this, anyone else?
To prepare for his role, Heath Ledger stayed cooped up in a hotel for 6 weeks, in solitary confinement, kept a diary as the Joker, and practically developed insomnia.
Suffice to say, I'm quite excited.
Do you know if the movie was finished before his death?
They say that he was finished filming, but he had just started filming a Terry Gilliam film that is nowhere near finished. Terry Gilliam has some of the worst luck of any director.
Initial reports stated that DKR was not finished, but he finished it.
Ultimately I don't really care what is or isn't finished at this point; from what I've read Heath was someone dedicated to the integrity of acting and to his personal ambitions, and it's sad period that someone like that is gone.
It's too early to speculate, but if it turns out that this was caused by work related stress (if you look @ my initial post it would seem that way), this is even more tragic.
He's been very self-destructive in the past couple years, I had read, and it's still a shame, cause it happens to a lot of young celebrities.
The movie itself, I'm not excited for, but I will probably see it in theatres. They showed the first 6 minutes as a trailer before I Am Legend, and I was very bored with it.
I'm excited for this movie. Heath Ledger is a surprise to see in the role of the Joker, but I think it'll be very good.
As for the destructive nature of his method acting in relation to his death... I'm not sure if they're related. If they are, then it proves that method acting is a dangerous way of acting, and it calls for a blend with the English style of acting to begin being taught more in the American acting circles.
