A Day With The Joker

By Ryan 'The Rican with the Irish name' McLelland on August 9, 2007

Jump Cuts posted a blurb today on an actor's experience on set of The Dark Knight. 

Actor Paul Birchard has this to say about Heath Ledger and his character The Joker:

"As regards to how Heath Ledger *seemed* as the Joker, he seemed like he WAS the Joker, and didn't need to let anyone know it - rather contained, but ready to explode at any moment in an unexpected fashion.

Menacing, but more because he seemed like he was probably crazy, and maybe violent, rather than that he was TRYING to scare you. (and by the way, all he did during the scenes I was in was sit in his holding cell, reacting and listening...so, he's a very fine actor if I imbibed all this from just watching him sit there...) He didn't talk a lot between takes, but he also wasn't "Don't approach me!" in his manner - a real pro, in other words.

In short, he seemed just like the Joker SHOULD seem."

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhall, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine and Heath Ledger's sinister Joker hits theaters July 18, 2008.

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Source:Jump Cuts