Nolan’s tribute to Heath

Well after only 6 days passing, it seems as though we still ache for Heath. I know I will miss the guy and have not ever met nor spoke with him. It was how he was on film and the stories we have heard about him and his baby girl Matilda that have hit home for me.

Dark Knight director Chris Nolan has written a well thought out, heart felt letter about Heath and what he meant to everyone he came in touch with.

Here is a little bit from his excerpt.

Heath Ledger, 28, Actor

Best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in 2005 ‘ s“Brokeback Mountain,“ Ledger was a massive young talent on the cusp of greatness when he died last week in New York. The native Australian, who is survived by his 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, had recently finished work on this summer‘s “Batman“ sequel, “The Dark Knight,“ in which he plays a villain, the Joker. Christopher Nolan, the film‘s director, shared these memories:

One night, as I’m standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for “The Dark Knight,” a production assistant skateboards into my line of sight. Silently, I curse the moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup. I’d fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members. If you’d asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work, they would have answered honestly that they didn’t know. That’s real charisma—as invisible and natural as gravity. That’s what Heath had.

Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren’t many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.

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