Comments on: Can acting insane drive someone crazy? http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die Tristan Friedrich Schmid’s take on the brave new world: news, music, technology, film, culture, activism, politics, reviews, the environment, etc… Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tristan http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-83 Tristan Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:35:10 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-83 The mind is a powerful thing, and if he was doing things like writing diary entries as the Joker, I could imagine it affecting him as well, Cate. Especially if he was under the influence of any drugs (prescription or non-.) I really need to see this movie... :) Also want to check out Wanted and Wall-E before they leave theaters... The mind is a powerful thing, and if he was doing things like writing diary entries as the Joker, I could imagine it affecting him as well, Cate. Especially if he was under the influence of any drugs (prescription or non-.)

I really need to see this movie… :) Also want to check out Wanted and Wall-E before they leave theaters…

]]> By: Cate http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-82 Cate Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:15:33 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-82 I think that's plausible. I was reading up on him on wikipedia when I got home from seeing Dark Knight this afternoon and it said that to prepare for the role, Heath Ledger lived alone in an apartment and wrote diary entries as how the Joker would see them (something like that). By trying to get into character, I think he probably could have caused himself some harm... I think that’s plausible. I was reading up on him on wikipedia when I got home from seeing Dark Knight this afternoon and it said that to prepare for the role, Heath Ledger lived alone in an apartment and wrote diary entries as how the Joker would see them (something like that). By trying to get into character, I think he probably could have caused himself some harm…

]]> By: Tristan http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-80 Tristan Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:08:33 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-80 I haven't seen the new flick yet, but I'm eagerly anticipating being able to do so. I've heard terrific things about it. BTW, checked out Roosterteeth. Nice site, and creative content! I haven’t seen the new flick yet, but I’m eagerly anticipating being able to do so. I’ve heard terrific things about it.

BTW, checked out Roosterteeth. Nice site, and creative content!

]]> By: Michael http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-78 Michael Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:25:13 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-78 Ive been taking psychology classes at my local community college for quite some time. No, Im not working on a degree. Im just expanding my knowledge of humanity. Anyway, I would have to say that it is entirely possible that playing the Joker drove Ledger crazy. Insaine is not the word to use because its a legal term, not a diagnosis. Ive been taking psychology classes at my local community college for quite some time. No, Im not working on a degree. Im just expanding my knowledge of humanity. Anyway, I would have to say that it is entirely possible that playing the Joker drove Ledger crazy. Insaine is not the word to use because its a legal term, not a diagnosis.

]]> By: Tristan http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-20 Tristan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:40:19 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-20 Wow, a comment from a real, live person! :P Seriously though, Dono: my wife came home from class last night and told me he died, and the very first thing I thought of was a Dark Knight preview we saw at an IMAX theater a few weeks ago. At the time, I thought the trailer -- a bank robbery scene with - who else? - the Joker at the helm -- was odd, simply because I'd never seen a trailer that was basically a ~10 minute uncut excerpt from a film. But now I think it was even more bizarre because Heath Ledger's Joker, in that short clip on the massive IMAX screen, was more unsettling, in my opinion, than anything I saw in the feature film that followed (I Am Legend.) For some reason the Dark Knight clip really got under my skin. I suppose it could've been because the gunshots ringing through the digital surround-sound system were about to cause my eardrums to implode. But after Ledger's death, I believe it could've been Ledger himself that made me so uncomfortable: he may've become a bit too close to the role... I've only seen him in a few films, admittedly, but what I saw I enjoyed. It's sad when young talent is extinguished at such an early age. When my wife walked in and told me about what had happened and I didn't act as shocked as she was, she quickly put the shock into me by saying "He's your age!" Anyway, if it was suicide, it's quite tragic. A little girl, a wonderful career, etc. I heard on TV that he wasn't into the whole celebrity thing (I'm talkin' to you, Tom Cruise!), and since I'm not famous, I can't really tell what kind of pressure he'd be under. But if he was a down-to-earth guy, I'd imagine the stress could be great... Wow, a comment from a real, live person! :P
Seriously though, Dono: my wife came home from class last night and told me he died, and the very first thing I thought of was a Dark Knight preview we saw at an IMAX theater a few weeks ago. At the time, I thought the trailer — a bank robbery scene with - who else? - the Joker at the helm — was odd, simply because I’d never seen a trailer that was basically a ~10 minute uncut excerpt from a film. But now I think it was even more bizarre because Heath Ledger’s Joker, in that short clip on the massive IMAX screen, was more unsettling, in my opinion, than anything I saw in the feature film that followed (I Am Legend.)

For some reason the Dark Knight clip really got under my skin. I suppose it could’ve been because the gunshots ringing through the digital surround-sound system were about to cause my eardrums to implode. But after Ledger’s death, I believe it could’ve been Ledger himself that made me so uncomfortable: he may’ve become a bit too close to the role…

I’ve only seen him in a few films, admittedly, but what I saw I enjoyed. It’s sad when young talent is extinguished at such an early age. When my wife walked in and told me about what had happened and I didn’t act as shocked as she was, she quickly put the shock into me by saying “He’s your age!”

Anyway, if it was suicide, it’s quite tragic. A little girl, a wonderful career, etc. I heard on TV that he wasn’t into the whole celebrity thing (I’m talkin’ to you, Tom Cruise!), and since I’m not famous, I can’t really tell what kind of pressure he’d be under. But if he was a down-to-earth guy, I’d imagine the stress could be great…

]]> By: Dono http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/did_playing_joker_cause_heath_ledger_to_go_crazy_and_die#comment-19 Dono Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:26:48 +0000 http://thursdayfridaysaturday.com/wordpress/?p=31#comment-19 That was my first thought too! He had plenty of reasons to be sad, but plenty to live for too- maybe the character in this grittier, darker Batman in our current world of suicide bombers and real terror was too much. This wouldn't be the first time life and art combined tragically. That was my first thought too! He had plenty of reasons to be sad, but plenty to live for too- maybe the character in this grittier, darker Batman in our current world of suicide bombers and real terror was too much. This wouldn’t be the first time life and art combined tragically.

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