Actor Heath Ledger found dead

[asleepathewheel]

Two year old daughter, never to know her father.

If suicide, what a piece of ****. If an "accidental" drug overdose, still a piece of ****.

Victim of murder or bad prescript accident? Then I'm sad to see him go. Decent actor.

[FrostyBoy]

murder? not by one of the olsen twins right?

world is screwed up

what we need is a jesus-like assissinator, he just goes around killing people that need to be killed.

[snoopy369]

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/index.html?hp

NYT is saying that Olsen's publicist is refuting the apartment claim.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Weren't they already done with filming?

They're done with principle photography, so yes.

Anmd I find it creepy that his last role was as the Joker.

[Q Classic]

I'm hearing it's an accidental overdose?

Which kinda puzzles me, with sleeping pills?

[LordShiva]

(At first, Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s deputy commissioner for public information, said that the apartment was owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, but later reversed himself and said that was not the case. In a phone interview, Annette Wolf, a representative of Ms. Olsen, said, “It is not her apartment,” adding, “She does not own the apartment. She has never owned the apartment. She and her sister have an apartment in New York City but they are not in this building.” An earlier version of this article reported the erroneous detail from the police.)

Also, his name was Heathcliffe? Like teh cat?

[Japher]

Was he in a movie?

[Q Classic]

Ten Things I Hate About You and that new Batman one. Dunno if he was in anything else?

[FrostyBoy]

He was in that Knights movie

I remember when he was in some show where they said he will be the next Dicaprio, and I was like.. yeah right whatever.. but then actually he was doing alright, so its cool how some people can predict someones future well.

[Japher]

IMDB...

A Knights Tale! I liked that guy! Looks like he was also Filming something that looked good; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

[SlowwHand]

stardom in films like “10 Things I Hate About You” and “A Knight’s Tale,” his career took a notable turn toward dramatic and brooding roles with 2001’s “Monster’s Ball.”

“I had such great hope for him,” said Mel Gibson, who played Ledger’s vengeful father in “The Patriot,” in a statement from the actor’s publicist. “He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”

Ledger eschewed Hollywood glitz in favor of a bohemian life in Brooklyn, where he was one of the borough’s most famous residents. “Brokeback” would be his breakthrough role, establishing him as one of his generation’s finest talents and an actor willing to take risks.

Ledger began to gravitate more toward independent fare, including Lasse Hallstrom’s “Casanova” and Terry Gilliam’s “The Brothers Grimm,” both released in 2005. His 2006 film “Candy” now seems destined to have an especially haunting quality: In a particularly realistic performance, Ledger played a poet wrestling with a heroin addiction along with his girlfriend, played by Abbie Cornish.

But Ledger’s most recent choices were arguably the boldest yet: He co-starred in “I’m Not There,” in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Lonestar


They're done with principle photography, so yes.

Anmd I find it creepy that his last role was as the Joker.

Isn't this sort of great marketing for the movie, though? Now people will have to see it, particularly if it's any better than Raul Julia's last role...

[Grandpa Troll]

Heath Ledger in The Patriot

Heath Ledger on Right, next to Mel Gibson who played his father.

I never saw Brokeback Mountain, ~meh~ he probably sucked in it

[Ben Kenobi]

I never saw Brokeback Mountain, ~meh~ he probably sucked in it

Nope, he totally blew.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Nope, he totally blew.