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 It was also Ledger’s love of music that further helped him become the character. “On so many levels [music] has affected my life and still continues to,” he says. “I guess one example is, to me the music—particularly the voice singing, songwriters, poets, Dylan, whoever—to me it’s such a pure expression or song from the soul that deeply connects to mine and has been a key that kind of unlocked or enabled me to express anger or pain of any sort. So it’s always been sort of a wonderful excuse or door unlocked for me for being able to express creatively and personally.” Ledger was impressed by his co-stars interpretations of Dylan’s personality, but remains self-deprecating when it comes to his own. “I was truly blown away by what Marcus [Carl Franklin] did; I thought he was just phenomenal,” he says. “I really loved everyone. I thought Ben Whishaw was incredibly surprisingly, I mean I hadn’t seen him in much but I think he’s outstanding. I really loved Richard [Gere]; he was a surprise…who else was there? Christian [Bale]! I loved Christian’s afro, it really suits him. And obviously Cate. Was that everyone? ...And I sucked!” In addition to the great Bob Dylan, Ledger also had an affinity for his next big role as The Joker in the highly anticipated Batman Begins follow-up The Dark Knight. “I was definitely a fan of Dylan, but I think Dylan was definitely someone I felt like I had scheduled somewhere in the future, down the line to become obsessed by because I do get obsessed with people, musicians and artists,” he says. “But I think Todd prematurely invited me into the obsession on this film. And The Joker, yeah. I was definitely a fan of what Jack Nicholson did in the world that Tim Burton created. And I can tell you right now that if Tim Burton was directing The Dark Knight and he came and asked me do it I would say no, I couldn’t. You couldn’t reproduce what Jack did and so the reason why I so confidently stepped in their shoes was when [director] Chris [Nolan] asked me, I had seen Batman Begins and I knew the world in which he created and I also knew that there was different angle to be taken and so that’s why I did it.” Tackling roles as one of the greatest musicians of a generation and one of the most recognizable comic book villains of all time? See, Heath Ledger’s not so boring after all. |
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