Sixteen years after Heath Ledger‘s dying in 2008, director Stephen Gaghan has shared new particulars concerning the “actually unhappy” second he heard the information.
On a latest podcast, Gaghan, who on the time was working with Ledger on a movie adaption of Blink: The Energy of Pondering With out Pondering, revealed the actor’s father, who he hadn’t met earlier than, broke the information to him over telephone whereas nonetheless on the scene.
“They have been there with the physique and our script was in mattress with him, and your e book was on the bedside desk,” Gaghan instructed Malcolm Gladwell on the Revisionist Historical past podcast.
Hearken to the audio above.
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“I feel my quantity was on the script, like written. These guys, as you may think about, they’re in shock and so they dialed that quantity and I do not know why,” he stated.
“I am in an airport with my spouse [Minnie Mortimer] simply going from one place to a different, and I actually simply collapse, by no means occurred to me earlier than or since.
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“My toes went out from below me. I simply actually sat down as a result of I used to be like, ‘What?'”
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“The emotion, what they have been going by way of, I mustn’t have been a celebration to in any approach actually, and but as a human or as someone who simply cares, I simply was there and I used to be listening and my spouse was me,” Gaghan continued.
“I keep in mind her face and I used to be identical to, I used to be speechless. I simply listened and listened and listened. It was simply actually, actually unhappy. And it is nonetheless unhappy. For me, I simply needed to put a pin in it.”
Ledger died on January 22, 2008 from an unintentional overdose. He was 28.
Earlier than his dying, the Aussie actor had risen to fame in movies together with Brokeback Mountain, and his most up-to-date position in The Darkish Night time.
After his dying, Ledger was recognised posthumously on the 2009 Oscars for his efficiency because the Joker, for which he received the perfect supporting actor class.
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The actor grew to become well-known for starring because the romantic love curiosity in 10 Issues I Hate About You.
Talking to 9Honey Celeb 20 years after the movie premiered, his co-star Julia Stiles remembered Ledger as “a magnetic particular person, bigger than life.”
“I am so honoured that I used to be part of a factor that introduced him to audiences all around the world,” the actress stated.