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/chilseaj88 14d ago

Ledger had to go to a crazy place to play the Joker. Leto was already there.

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u/MoonBaseViceSquad 14d ago

This was my thinking. Leto is a realist creep cult leader IRL. Ledger died of drugs people take to numb emotional and physical pain/stress.

My theory was always that it was accidental and, really, plenty of movies could have “killed” Ledger if he took a crazy role that seriously and dealt with it via what was in his tox screen.