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Heath Ledger will always be remembered for his phenomenal act as Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (2008). The film also starred Christian Bale who played superhero Batman. Every scene of this film featuring the duo together comes across powerful. That’s why it is cited as one of the best to come by Nolan.
Due to accidental overdose of prescribed medicine, Heath Ledger passed away in January 2008. The Dark Knight released in July 2008 and received rave reviews from the fans and critics. In the film, we see Joker and Batman’s clash and the lives of citizens of Gotham is at risk too.
In an interview years ago, Batman Christian Bale revealed that during the interrogation scene, Joker Heath Ledger told the actor to hit him for real. Bale had told the Hollywood Reporter, “Our first scene was in an interrogation room together, and I saw that he’s a helluva actor who’s completely committed to it and gets the tone that Chris [Nolan] is trying to create with this. We’re not going for actors revealing their enjoyment of playing a wacky caricature. We’re treating this as serious drama. You go into character and you stay in the character. I love that. I find that so ridiculous that I love it, and I take that very seriously. Heath was definitely embracing that. When he was in the makeup and the garb he was in character the whole time, and when he took it off he was an absolutely fantastic company to be around.”
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