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Heath Ledger dies

What a shame, he was really on his way up. I can't wait to see Batman.

So sad, he goes from Brokeback Mountain at the Oscars a couple of years ago to the video montage commemorating all the actors that have passed away in the last year.
 
Man, lots of dead celebs recently. Heath Ledger, Bobby Fisher, Sir Edmond Hillary, Suzanne Pleshette, and Maila Nurmi all w/in the past week or so.


Lethal
 
He had a really young daughter, and I'm sure that having one would make many people think twice about suicide. He probably wasn't suicidal......just lacking sleep and accidentally OD'ed on sleeping pills.
 
Cooknn said:
Has anyone deceased ever won an Oscar? The current Dark Knight trailer sure looks award worthy to me...
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I have no idea about the first part, but I completely agree with the second part. Ever since I watched that trailer back in December, I've not been able to stop watching it -- all the mannerisms of the Joker just exude extreme talent.

In fact, until I found it was Heath Ledger, I had no idea who was playing Joker. This trailer was actually the first information I received about the movie. The fact that I couldn't at all tell it was Ledger portrays to me just how talented an actor he was. And it makes me all the sadder to know that this will have been his last completed major motion picture.
 
Lixivial said:
I have no idea about the first part, but I completely agree with the second part. Ever since I watched that trailer back in December, I've not been able to stop watching it -- all the mannerisms of the Joker just exude extreme talent.

In fact, until I found it was Heath Ledger, I had no idea who was playing Joker. This trailer was actually the first information I received about the movie. The fact that I couldn't at all tell it was Ledger portrays to me just how talented an actor he was. And it makes me all the sadder to know that this will have been his last completed major motion picture.
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Same thing with me...my friend told me later it was Heath Ledger, I thought it was another actor...It's a very disturbing role and will be very exciting yet sad to watch.

It's a shame.
 
I was shocked when I got up this morning to see the news that he'd died. It's a shame, as he was a good actor and a nice guy.
 
LethalWolfe said:
Man, lots of dead celebs recently. Heath Ledger, Bobby Fisher, Sir Edmond Hillary, Suzanne Pleshette, and Maila Nurmi all w/in the past week or so.
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Brad Renfro as well. There was also talk of some drug use in the past, especially after his somewhat recent break up with Michelle Williams. He seemed to have had pneumonia according to recent reports, and as noted, has been having trouble sleeping. Lots of empty bottles, but no sign of illegal substances. It's just so sad, just saw an interview where he was talking about his Daughter.
 
mactastic said:
An accidental overdose is not considered suicide. There is a difference.


I dunno... Unless someone has some evidence of demons in this guys life, the immediate suspicion has to be an accident.
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it seems he is a down-to-earth type of guy. unless there is something we (obviously) don't know. BUT... how can one accidentally take too much pills?
 
^^^Easily. I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 19 or 20 (I'm 27), and when they were trying to figure out how much Ritalin to take each day, I got to 40 mg and passed out for 13 hours (minimum). Later, I found that I needed "only" around 30 mg.

Sleeping pills don't kick in right away, so I can imagine how an OD could happen quite easily if he was expecting to sleep after taking his pills.

FF_productions said:
Same thing with me...my friend told me later it was Heath Ledger, I thought it was another actor...It's a very disturbing role and will be very exciting yet sad to watch.

It's a shame.
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And the fact that he has to compete with Jack Nicholson's portrayal of The Joker.......and yet Ledger delivers....makes it even more sad. Nobody thought Jack could be topped, and yet from the trailers, Heath looks like he was holding his own. :eek:
 
You can absolutely accidentally OD on sleeping pills. I dealt with insomnia for a years, it makes you nuts. There was one time which was particularly difficult and nothing was working. Out of sheer desperation, frustration and anger I took several ambien. My boyfriend, who I didn't even realize was watching, thought I was trying to kill myself and made a big friggin issue of it and ratted me out to my doctor. Long story... the point is, people do stupid things when they're sleep deprived. This is terribly sad but I'm not entirely convinced it was a suicide. Either way, it's a shame. :-(
 
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How many of the uppers do you have to have in your system if multiple Ambien stop working?
 
PlaceofDis said:
Loved him in A Knight's Tale
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One of my favorite movies.

Cooknn said:
He was a great actor. His part in The Patriot was portrayed perfectly.
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Another favorite.

iBlue said:
Either way, it's a shame. :-(
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Yes it is.

So young. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and daughter. As someone already said, his daughter will never really know him. At least she will be able to see how talented of an actor he really was.
 
MacNut said:
Depends how far along the movie is in shooting. They can either scrap the film or rewrite it.
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Well Brandon Lee was killed during the shooting filming of The Crow (IIRC the mapped his face from other scenes of the film on to stand ins for the remaining few scenes.), so I don't think much would stop studios finishing films now-a-days.
 
iBlue said:
You can absolutely accidentally OD on sleeping pills. I dealt with insomnia for a years, it makes you nuts. There was one time which was particularly difficult and nothing was working. Out of sheer desperation, frustration and anger I took several ambien. My boyfriend, who I didn't even realize was watching, thought I was trying to kill myself and made a big friggin issue of it and ratted me out to my doctor. Long story... the point is, people do stupid things when they're sleep deprived. This is terribly sad but I'm not entirely convinced it was a suicide. Either way, it's a shame. :-(
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Pretty much what I figured; he never planned this, it was just a tragic accident. A real shame, especially since he has a little one who'll never know her dad. :(

Mavimao said:
Peter Finch won a posthumous oscar for his role as Howard Beale in Network. Awesome movie that hardly gets mentioned anymore for no good reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08
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Agreed. "Network" was pretty dead-on in predicting what kind of crap TV we'd be watching in the (at that time) future; Finch's performance was brilliant; and it's a shame that this movie is all but lost to history. What the hell is up with that anyway?
 
Thomas Veil said:
Agreed. "Network" was pretty dead-on in predicting what kind of crap TV we'd be watching in the (at that time) future; Finch's performance was brilliant; and it's a shame that this movie is all but lost to history. What the hell is up with that anyway?
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Network actually underestimated the wild changes that would happen to network TV, especially in the last 15 years. You really wonder what the late Paddy Chayesky (who wrote the screenplay for the movie) would think about the state of television in 2008.

But getting back on topic, now I hear that Westboro Baptist Church (the group known to protest at funerals by railing against homosexuals and the military) wants to protest at Ledger's funeral. That made me want to
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. I hope that Ledger's family would ship the body back to Australia at the first opportunity to ensure that Ledger will get a decent funeral without protests from this "Christian group" (a phrase I use highly advisedly!).
 
I thought they lost a court case, so now they couldn't picket (or it would cost them millions if they did) . . . .
 
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