Moviehole's UK correspondent 'Charley Bowdre' visited the set of "The Dark Knight" recently and had the chance to speak to Christian Bale about the notably-absent Heath Ledger.
I had the pleasure of spending a day with the cast of "The Dark Knight" recently - surprisingly, Heath Ledger wasn't there - we were simply told he was unavailable. Christian Bale was there though, and was more than happy to talk about Ledger's divine performance in the forthcoming Bat-sequel. Sounds like Ledger has left us with one helluva performance, folks.
These were my notes from that day...
Bale is wearing the lower half of the Bat suit and a blue fleece, with a green baseball cap. His eyes are blackened like a panda's. He's tired. He swigs from a bottle of water.
Charley Bowdrie: How do you find working with Heath Ledger and what can you tell me about his take on the Joker?
Bale strokes his cheeks and forms an intense, serious expression like he's slipped into character or is disturbed by the question or is remembering a tragic incident. He sighs and looks straight at me.
BALE: The Joker. How do you deal with somebody who has no code? No sense of any decency or morals? He does what he wants to do..... Heath's an incredible actor and he's brought a very, very scary Joker to life.
It's shocking. He'll shock you. Heath will shock you.
That's all I got today kids. Rest in Peace Heath. Too sad for words.
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