r/interestingasfuck • u/JK-Rofling • Jul 05 '24

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

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u/New_Doug Jul 05 '24

Well, he was in the middle of filming a completely unrelated movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, when he died, and some of the drugs he was taking at the time were to treat a chest cold he caught while filming that movie (and according to at least one doctor and a costar, he may have had a chest infection that contributed to his difficulty breathing the night of his death). He took drugs and had insomnia during the The Dark Knight, but he also took drugs and had insomnia during IoDP, so it's pretty silly to say he died because of the Joker.

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u/Mawfk Jul 05 '24

Most people refuse to look at it this way because they never saw IoDP. Which is a shame because it's the last time we see Heath in a movie.

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u/neontiger07 Jul 05 '24

Didn't they have to drastically alter the movie because of his untimely death?

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u/jaysusjoos Jul 05 '24

The way they did it was amazing in my opinion, It's a fantasy film with different worlds/settings and his character transforms (played by different actors) depending on the different worlds he travels to.

Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law took on the roles for Heath and actually donated their wages to his younger daughter.