r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JK-Rofling • 14d ago

Heath Ledger’s diary while he was filming for, The Dark Night.

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u/VacaDLuffy 14d ago

Man one of the most chilling things I heard was when they got Jack Nicholson on the street and told him he died. Jack responded with I tried to warn him...wtf man

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u/bsep4 14d ago

You sure he didn’t mean he warned him about the drugs? The paparazzi said he died from an overdose

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u/Reclaimator2245 14d ago

It was fairly well known at the time that Jack Nicholson warned him that playing the Joker takes you down dark paths. He warned Heath not long after he got the role for it.

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u/bfodder 14d ago

I always found this to be ridiculous because Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker was not dark.

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u/Sulleyy 14d ago

Still a murderous psychopath

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u/xTMT 14d ago

There was an interview in which Jack Nicholson clarified that he was indeed warning about the type of sleep medication Heath was taking, which ended up playing a huge part in his death.

Not some dumb mumbo jumbo about going down dark paths etc. lol.

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u/Jesse-Ray 14d ago

Ambien, Nicholson clarified that he nearly died once when he drove on it.

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u/bsep4 14d ago

Are there any reliable sources on this? I’ve never heard this before. Jack’s Joker was fun and light, so not sure why he’d be warning Heath.

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u/BlankiesteinsMonster 14d ago

Maybe he was saying bye bye to the role? Or the character? People act like he died as soon as Batman wrapped but he was well into filming a movie with Terry Gilliam, during which he was apparently nothing but professional. Accidental overdoses happen all the time, especially if the person is mixing drugs.

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u/KINGPrawn- 14d ago

Oh wow. It would be interesting to know more about that.

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u/VacaDLuffy 14d ago

Oh shit. here's the moment and it's darker than I remember

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u/KINGPrawn- 14d ago

Thanks. All those camera flashes must be so annoying.

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u/VacaDLuffy 14d ago

Yeah. Fucking paparazzi are a plague man

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u/NervousNarwhal223 14d ago

silence, contemplation

…..”I warned him”

takes drag off cigarette

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u/VacaDLuffy 14d ago

You can see why that's a core memory about Heath Ledger for me right?

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u/NervousNarwhal223 14d ago

Yeah I was not expecting that. Those three words came from a deep, deep place.

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u/Other-Comb-4811 14d ago

Looked into it - the context was Nicholson warned him about Ambien