Christian Bale ‘Wanted to Share’ Dark Knight with Heath Ledger
May 27, 2008
Dark Knight star Christian Bale recalls his costar Heath Ledger as “intense” and “anarchistic” on the set of the set of the late actor’s last movie.
“He was incredibly intense in his performance, but incredibly mellow and laid-back. Certainly there was this great anarchistic streak to it – just getting dirtier than anybody’s envisioned the Joker before,” Bale, 34, tells Details magazine.
Ledger died on Jan. 22 of a prescription-drug overdose at the age of 28. And Bale laments that the film “was something I wanted to share with him – and expected to do so.”
“And I can’t do anything else but hope that it will be an absolutely appropriate celebration of his work,” he says. In earlier interviews, Bale commended Ledger on doing “one hell of a job.”
- From People
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