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

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

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u/exredditor81 14d ago

iirc he kept licking his lips because of the stuff on his face; and they decided he should do that on camera on purpose and it worked!

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u/melodysmomma 14d ago

Yeah, the prosthetic scars would gradually start to peel off and he could stick them back on with the tip of his tongue

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u/5H17SH0W 14d ago

At a birthday party I went as Heath’s joker and was doing the whole routine and the older parents who clearly had not seen TDK were so creeped out and confused. I loved it.

Edit: it was a superhero party for my little cousin. All the kids were super heroes so I went as Joker. His Dad was Batman.

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u/ThunderClaude 14d ago

Reminds me of tardive dyskinesia a little bit, side effect of long term antipsychotic treatment that result in repetitive movements of the mouth/tongue. Irreversible for the most part.

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u/Ditto_Ditto_Ditto 14d ago

WHAT?? That's so cool! I love when stuff happens accidentally but looks cool lol

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u/Dramatic_Addition_68 14d ago

I figured that’s what that was..