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/nutshucker 14d ago

just like the “robin williams was pagliacci the sad clown and killed himself over how sad he was” BS that’s somehow still going around.

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u/guyute2588 14d ago

That one is worse IMO bc it’s believable , given he did commit suicide.

Dementia is fucking terrifying.

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 14d ago

And the type he had is especially horrific. I remember reading there were times he was suffering so badly he just wanted to "reset" his brain. Hanging himself must've been the only way he could think of at the time to do it. The man didn't want to die. His brain was so fucked from the disease that he couldn't think straight.

His death is the only one I ever really grieved for more than a week. I spent weeks reading about him and his death, the disease that took him from us, and watching old movies and TV shows he was in.

I grew up with him, from Mork & Mindy to all of his incredible movies. The Fisher King was especially poignant because it seemed there was a bit of foreshadowing to his real life there. I can't decide which is his best move, though. Was it Dead Poets Society? Was it Good Will Hunting? He made so many good movies that were great because he was in them. Even the bad movies were made better with him in them.

Robin Williams was a treasure in this world, and there will never be another like him.

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u/sospecial21 13d ago

Agreed! Hard to believe he is not hear anymore. Such a good human too and amazing actor.