A month before his death Heath Ledger sat down with his sister Kate in Perth and showed her some top secret photos and film clips.
Yet to be made public, they were from his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, a film that would not be released in theatres for another eight months.
Kate was stunned. "I said to him, 'I have a feeling this is it for you. You are going to get a nomination'," said Kate, recalling the Christmas 2007 conversation. "He just looked at me and smiled. "He knew." As expected, Ledger won the best supporting actor Oscar for his scene-stealing performance as the Batman villain, an achievement that made him only the second actor to claim an Academy Award posthumously.With many moist eyes looking on, each took turns to speak. "This award tonight would've humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, within an industry he so loved," Kim Ledger said.
Back stage, the trio admitted they were shaking when they heard their son and brother had won Hollywood's highest honour. Ledger, who died aged 28 on January 22, 2008 in his New York apartment from an accidental overdose of painkillers and sleeping pills, was the sole Australian winner at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony."
Yet to be made public, they were from his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, a film that would not be released in theatres for another eight months.
Kate was stunned. "I said to him, 'I have a feeling this is it for you. You are going to get a nomination'," said Kate, recalling the Christmas 2007 conversation. "He just looked at me and smiled. "He knew." As expected, Ledger won the best supporting actor Oscar for his scene-stealing performance as the Batman villain, an achievement that made him only the second actor to claim an Academy Award posthumously.With many moist eyes looking on, each took turns to speak. "This award tonight would've humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, within an industry he so loved," Kim Ledger said.
Back stage, the trio admitted they were shaking when they heard their son and brother had won Hollywood's highest honour. Ledger, who died aged 28 on January 22, 2008 in his New York apartment from an accidental overdose of painkillers and sleeping pills, was the sole Australian winner at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony."
I was EXTREMELY happy that Heath Ledger won. He deserved it. His performance as the joker was one of a lifetime. Yesterday I watched a documentary that was about his life. It was about how he liked to act as his work but he didn't like the fame and everything esle that came with it. Ledger proved to be a genuine person not in the business for the money.
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Heath Ledger has been my favorite actor since he came out in the movie 'A Knights Tale'. He truly had a talent that many people take for granted. I actualy was going to try and meet him at the premiere of 'The Dark Knight' but given certain circumstances and his unfortunate death I was not able to. =(
ReplyDeleteI don't like discussing movies or actors/actress's but Heath will always be held in my opinion as the most genuine actor of his time.