Films about Batman made by Christopher Nolan -This is almost the most popular film adaptation of the Dark Knight in the history of cinema. "Batman Beginning", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight: Revival of a Legend" glorified not only the director, but also the artists who played the main roles. Who played Joker in Nolan's Batman? And how did this role affect the fate of the actor?
Who played the Joker in the movie "Batman"? Heath Ledger and his biography
Heath Ledger is from Australia. Parents of the future actor named their child in honor of Heathcliff from the novel “The Thunderstorm Pass” by Emily Bronte.
Heath's father was the owner of an engineering foundry. He left the family when the boy was 10 years old. According to Heathcliff, he has maintained a wonderful relationship with his dad.
Ledger studied in math school. But from a young age showed interest in the acting profession and even led the school team of artists.
Heath moved to Sydney at the age of 17, but did not go to get an acting education, and went straight to the castings. In 20 years, Heath has already starred in Hollywood.
The best films with Ledger: "10 reasons for my hatred"
The public recognized Heath Ledger even beforewondered who played the Joker in Batman. In 1999, the actor was famous throughout the world thanks to the role of Patrick Verona in the comedy "10 reasons for my hatred."
Эта подростковая мелодрама посвящена первым the amorous adventures of Katharina and Bianchi Stretford. The girls have a very strict father who forbids them to go on dates. The younger of the sisters early begins to be interested in the guys, but she is not allowed to go anywhere without Kat. Then Bianche comes up with a cunning plan to “arrange” a romantic relationship for her sister by bribing local boy Patrick. Bianca hopes that her sister will be distracted and thus allow her to do everything that she sees fit. But the situation is getting out of control, and everything goes wrong, as the younger sister would have liked.
Julia Stiles (“The Bourne Ultimatum”), Larisa Oleinik (“Hawaii 5.0”), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“The Beginning”) and David Krumholz (“The Playboy Club”) also played in this comedy with Heath Ledger.
"Patriot"
Glory Ledger added military drama "Patriot", in which the actor played with Mel Gibson.
The picture highlights the events of the 1770s, whenin the United States was a war of independence. The son of Benjamin Martin, played by Mel Gibson, is murdered in cold blood by English soldiers. After this, Benjamin, along with his son Gabriel, played by Heath Ledger, stands at the head of the militia and fights against the British.
The picture is full of spectacular scenes. Heath Ledger surprised the director, coping with all the tricks without a stuntman.
"The history of the knight"
In 2001, Heath Ledger played in adventurethe film "The History of the Knight." His character, William Thatcher, is an ordinary squire who dreams of fighting in knightly tournaments. But he is not supposed to do this by rank. When William's master dies, Thatcher appropriates the name of the noble Mr Ulrich von Lichtenstein and wins victories in a number of tournaments. Ahead of the young hero is waiting for the love of the beautiful lady, revenge of the sworn enemy and many more trials.
The picture was a success at the box office and collected 117 million dollars.
Who played "The Joker" in "Batman"? "The Dark Knight" and the story of its creation
In 2008In the film distribution there was a screen version of comic books about Batman called “The Dark Knight”. The director was Christopher Nolan. At this time, the superhero in a dark cloak on the screens was confronted by a half-mad villain Joker. The character had a thick make-up on his face, so that the audience had a completely fair question: “Who played the Joker in Batman this time?”
This brave man was Heath Ledger.The audience has become accustomed to Ledger’s experiments in the cinema: either the actor appears as a knight, sometimes as a gay cowboy, or Don Juan plays. Now he decided to play one of the most difficult screen characters - the cunning villain Joker.
After Ledger received an Oscar for this role, those who did not play the movie knew who played the Joker in Batman 2008. Only now the actor failed to live up to his triumph.
Death
No one would have thought that the actor who playedJoker in "Batman", so quickly die. Even before the premiere of The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment: on January 22, the housewife discovered the actor.
An external examination and an autopsy did not clarify the situation,therefore, it was decided to conduct a toxicological examination. It turned out that Heath took incompatible drugs, as a result of which he developed pulmonary edema. Ledger was treated for depression during this period, so the doctor prescribed him antidepressants and sleeping pills. On that fateful evening, Heathcliff took the medicines prescribed for him, but he supplemented them with painkillers, which could not be done. The official conclusion claims that it was an accident - the actor did not settle accounts with life.
