Bax verse presents twisted facts you
didn't know about Heath Ledger's
portrayal of the Joker number one Heath
wanted to be Batman Heath Ledger may
have played the greatest Joker of all
time but like everyone else he wanted to
be Batman when the auditions opened for
the Dark Knight Keith wanted that role
instead he landed the role of the Joker
in the end he was the best person for
the part and he even ended up winning an
Oscar for his performance he isn't the
only person who was rejected for a role
only to land a better one Jennifer
Aniston auditioned for the part of
Monica on the TV show friends but landed
the role of Rachel she says that was the
best possible outcome number two Keith's
portrayal of the Joker terrified Michael
Caine Keith was able to bring out the
psychotic side of the villain Michael
Caine played Arthur in the Dark Knight
he says that he had never seen anyone
play the role better than Heath in fact
Pete's performance scared him out of his
mind
Kane stated that between the clown
makeup and Heath's psychotic performance
along with a dark sense of humor working
with Heath was a frightening experience
this goes to show how great Heath played
the role number three Heath was the
first actor to win an Oscar for playing
a villain many actors know that if you
want to win an Oscar a superhero movie
isn't going to do it oscars are
typically given to actors who star in
arts films or films that have very
strong messages when Heath won the Oscar
for his role as the Joker it took
everyone by surprise because that never
happens in fact he was the first and
only person to win an Oscar for a
performance in a superhero movie also he
was the first actor in history to win an
Oscar after he passed away sadly Heath
didn't live long enough to accept the
award himself number four he locked
himself up in preparation for the role
many actors use method acting to improve
their performance in order for an actor
to truly
their character they start to live just
like that character not only does this
help the actor physically it also helps
them psychologically to prepare for his
role as the Joker Heath isolated himself
from the world he did this to see what
it would feel like to be the Joker it
helped him greatly and he was able to
imagine what it was like to be insane he
did have to stop the method acting after
a while because it was having a negative
effect on his relationships number 5
Heath was inspired by a Clockwork Orange
when he landed the role of the Joker
he took inspiration from a character in
the movie Clockwork Orange the movie
came out in the 70s and it was
considered one of the craziest movies of
its time he used the same strange
mannerisms as a character in the movie
to make his insanity appear more
authentic he really nailed how a crazy
person would act you at the extra mile
for this part and it really showed in
the final cut to the movie number 6 he
wanted Christian Bale to beat him as I
previously mentioned Heath wanted to go
the extra mile for this role he took his
method acting so far
he asked Christian Bale to literally
beat him up Christian played Batman at
the Dark Knight and there was a scene
where Batman was questioning the Joker
and the to fight Heath wanted the fight
scene to look as real and authentic as
possible so we asked Christian to fight
him for real he was willing to undergo
the pain of the fight just to make the
movie great his offer shows how
dedicated he was to making the Joker
amazing number 7 The Joker journal on
the set of The Dark Knight Heath was
known for doing odd unexpected things
when he was acting he didn't want to get
out of character some of the people on
set didn't agree with the extreme
lengths that he took though in his mind
he took the role seriously and did so
because he was dedicated he kept a
journal with him on set where he would
jot down the ramblings of what sounded
like a crazy person some of the things
he wrote in the journal were dark and
twisted some people thought that he was
beginning to lose his mind after a while
number eight the Joker was a true genius
there has always been a debate regarding
the Joker some people say he is just
crazy others say that he is a genius
Heath wanted to play the role so that
the audience could see that the Joker
was brilliant in his madness Heath did
everything with little rationale but
with strategy when he played the Joker
he had logic behind his plan for the
role and it served him very well number
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Heath liked to improvise not too many
actors improvise however those who do
like Heath Ledger take it very seriously
to do things on the spot the actor needs
to be extremely talented while filming
The Dark Knight Heath often improvised
he was so good at it that most of his
improvised scenes made it into the final
cut number 10
Heath did his own makeup there was a
makeup artist on the set of The Dark
Knight to do Heath's Joker makeup he
wanted to put a personal touch on the
character so he did his own makeup
instead he said he wanted his makeup to
look like it was done by a crazy person
he worried that if he left it up to the
makeup artist there would be a
professional quality he insisted on
doing his makeup himself so that it
would look like a crazy person painted
his face number 11 Heath often looked
like a madman on the set
Heath loved to skate and everyone knew
this which is why they were not
surprised that he did it on set the only
problem was that he did it dressed as
the Joker the environment on the set was
positive and relaxed except for the
crazy person skating around in full
makeup for some that was very
off-putting number 12
he had a Glasgow smile when creating his
look and applying his makeup
Heath used a Glasgow smile this was a
famous gang in Scotland the group of
criminals would cut their enemies in the
mouth from ear to ear this was so that
their enemies would remember it for the
rest of their lives Heath was inspired
by this when creating his makeup number
13 the explosion was not in the script
it was Heath
this is one of the most twisted facts
you probably didn't know about Heath
Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in the
scene where the Joker's dressed like a
member of the hospital staff is amazing
the explosion was supposed to occur
later in the scene however Heath took
the remote and he created the explosion
before anyone was expecting it he wanted
it to look real and he wanted the other
actors to have an authentic reaction to
it also he stated that it was exactly
what his own character would do number
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The Joker's mask Heath improvised a lot
during the movie as we've mentioned
there was one scene that stood out the
most when the Joker is robbing the bank
he's wearing a mask the mask was
actually the one that the man who played
the Joker in the series during the
1960's more Heath believed that he would
make the scene as authentic as possible
number 15 Keith's death impacted the
movie Heath died not long after filming
wrapped many people believe he got so
wrapped up in the character that it
caused him to go into a deep depression
because he passed away so soon after the
film wrapped he wasn't around for the
post-production work many famous actors
stood in for him during post-production
many of them were friends of the actor
these people donated the money that they
made in post-production to Heath's
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