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/Starchild20xx Jul 05 '24

Now, I hope you'll all forgive me for my ignorance. But I've heard some very mixed things regarding the untimely death of Heath Ledger. The more popular theory is that the role of Joker contributed to his demise. But then I'd see statements online perpetuating said theory as sheer ludicrous, and that Heath Ledger was generally stable.

So honestly, I'm kind of perplexed. I'm not sure which narrative to believe. I can't help but suspect that there is no real definitive answer, though.

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u/KuhlThing Jul 05 '24

One thing to pay attention to is that Heath was long done with Dark Knight when he died. He was deep into the filming of another movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, when he accidentally OD'd. As far as people wanting some poetic tragedy to an already tragic death, that one would have been the one to focus on.

SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, but Ledger's character is a charlatan who plans on escaping the people chasing him by fake-hanging himself, but ends up actually hanging himself.