Heath Ledger’s Joker is just Rotten
Heath Ledger based The Joker in the new Batman film on punk legend JOHNNY ROTTEN.
The Dark Knight director CHRIS NOLAN suggested the actor studied the SEX PISTOLS legend, now known as JOHN LYDON, to help him with the psychotic character.
“We very much took the view in looking at the character of the Joker that what’s strong about him is this idea of anarchy,” says Nolan.
“I talked to Heath a lot about it, even while we were finishing the script.
“We wanted to show the pure anarchy of someone who wants to do harm purely for its own sake and for his own entertainment, and Johnny Rotten was one of those we had in mind to help us achieve that.”
Meanwhile leading man CHRISTIAN BALE says he doesn’t believe that Heath, who died of a drug overdose in February, was disturbed by his character in the Batman Begins sequel.
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By Heath Ledger Movies on August 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I don’t think it really matters who you call upon to portray a role in a film because every actor will still bring a piece of himself to it as well. I think Heath did an amazing job being the real Joker to life on screen and this role will be one that goes down in history.