Unanswered Questions About Heath Ledger's Joker

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Tucked inside a casual comment, buried within barely-seen interviews, Heath Ledger revealed how he came up with his Oscar-winning performance, whether he saw his own performance before he died, and a few other secrets.

Introducing Heath Ledger- 0:00
The Dark Knight is still an absolute banger - 00:49
Unanswered questions - 1:52
Rare Heath Ledger interview clips offer possible answers - 2:23
Michael Jai White, legendary actor and star of the 90s film adaptation of Spawn, describes the generosity of Heath Ledger as an actor - 4:41
Christopher Nolan describes the experience of editing Heath Ledger's performance so soon after his death - 5:12
Did Heath Ledger see his performance as Joker before he passed? - 6:51
What success meant to Heath Ledger - 7:11
Final thoughts - 8:11

Clips taken from:
1) heath ledger talks about playing the joker (CinemaStix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlwtHeG-LWU
2) Heath Ledger talk about the Joker (Antoine Movies): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY_oC42hKJ0
3) Nolan comments on editing Heath Ledger's performance as "Joker" so soon after Heath's death: https://web.archive.org/web/20090322021223/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1583563/story.jhtml
4) Nolan on retaining the darkness and ambiguity of the characters: https://web.archive.org/web/20080710052656/http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2008/07/dark-knight-rev.html
5) A Knight's Tale (Sony Pictures)
6) The Dark Knight (Warner Bros)
6) Rare production photo of Heath Ledger on set as Joker without makeup - damn, that's some good makeup (from Reddit lol): https://www.reddit.com/r/batman/comments/2mrc8o/a_production_photo_of_heath_ledger_as/

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