Heath Ledger talks Joker

The New York Times caught up with actor Heath Ledger while filming in London. Ledger, who will star as the Joker in The Dark Knight, talked about just how draining it is to portray the Clown Prince of Crime.

“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night, I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.”

The interviewer spotted something which Ledger had in his possession…

Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.

The Dark Knight will be opened July 18th, 2008.

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