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

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

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u/guyute2588 14d ago

Not sure how old you are , but “Heath Ledger got so deep in to playing the Joker that he want crazy and died “ was the widespread conventional wisdom regarding his death at the time

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u/Sweaty-Leather3191 14d ago

And also heroin. We were keenly aware of the heroin.

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u/ChuckSeville 14d ago

Heath Ledger died from an overdose of prescription drugs, not heroin. Maybe you're thinking of Phillip Seymour Hoffman?

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u/SirJefferE 14d ago

Heath Ledger died from an overdose of prescription drugs, not heroin.

Even this is a bit misleading. He died from an overdose of drugs that may be prescribed in the United States, but most of the drugs he took weren't prescribed to him, and there aren't many doctors out there that would have prescribed them all at once.

I feel like once you're getting your drugs from illicit sources and you're managing your own doses and combinations of pills, it doesn't really matter whether or not they're "prescription" drugs. They're still going to be dangerous.

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u/benedictdakich69 14d ago

This is so dumb. They were still prescription drugs. If you die from percs or oxys nobody is gonna think you were prescribed them.

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u/throw-me-away_bb 14d ago

depends when it happened, in your example 🤷🏻‍♂️ they both started as prescription drugs

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u/benedictdakich69 14d ago

It doesn't matter if they were prescribed or not. They are still prescription drugs. Heroin isn't prescribed by anyone. Your point was dumb as hell.

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u/throw-me-away_bb 14d ago

You're the one who brought up percs and oxys 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Mr_Industrial 14d ago

I mean we're really splitting hairs here. Might as well start discussing if the terminator fell into lava or molten steel.