Heath Ledger told Christian Bale to hit him in 'The Dark Knight' interrogation scene

Heath Ledger as Joker in Christopher lan’s Dark Knight is considered as one of best performances in cinema history. late actor’s commitment to character was to a level that he told his co-star Christian Bale, who played Bruce Wayne / Batman in movie, to actually hit him during interrogation scene in Dark Knight. Re to kw more.

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Heath Ledger told Bale to actually hit him in a scene from Dark Knight

In an interview with a magazine, Christian Bale talked about Dark Knight and shed a light on Heath Ledger’s commitment towards portraying Joker. He reportedly said that ir first scene was in an interrogation room toger, and he saw that Ledger is a “helluva actor” who’s completely committed to it and totally gets tone that Christopher lan is trying to create with movie.  He mentioned that y were t going for actors revealing ir enjoyment of playing a “wacky caricature” and y were treating film as a serious drama. Bale stated that “you go into character and you stay in character”, and he loves that. He ted that he finds idea “so ridiculous” that he loves it, and he takes that very seriously.

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Christian Bale said that Heath Ledger was “definitely embracing” ir idea. He mentioned that when late actor was in makeup and garb he was in character whole time; and when he took it off he was “absolutely fantastic” company to be around. Bale explained Ledger’s process of filming interrogation scene. He mentioned that as audiences see in movie, Batman starts beating Joker and realizes that this is t his ordinary foe. Because more he beats him more he enjoys it and gets more satisfaction.

Prestige star stated that Heath Ledger was behaving in a very similar fashion and was kind of “egging” him on. Christian Bale recalled that he was saying, ‘You kw what, I really don’t need to actually hit you. It’s going to look just as good if I don’t.’ And Heath Ledger replied, ‘Go on. Go on. Go on….’ Bale ded that Ledger was slamming himself around, and re were tiled walls inside of that set which was cracked and dented from him hurling himself into m. He ted that Heath Ledger’s commitment was total to his character.

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Heath Ledger passed away due to accidental overdoes on January 22, 2008, at of 28. It was months before Dark Knight was released and received critical as well as commercial success. Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor at 81st Acemy Award for his performance as crown prince of crime.