Post by Mikkey w/ Max Jewel on Jul 21, 2008 19:54:38 GMT -5
About a year ago, you said something like, 'This kid, this kid is going to blow you away,' in reference to Heath Ledger.
GO: Yeah, I did say that. I was right, wasn't I? I was right. I got a sense of it the first morning I worked with him, and I thought fuck, this kid's a bit good! I called L.A. and I spoke to a friend of mine who asked, 'What's Heath like?' and I said, 'He is sort of tuned in, it's like a frequency – he's found a radio station that we can't hear.'
He found something. That happens to actors sometimes... You know, I think over the years when I think of performances – Nicholson in Cuckoo's Nest. Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. That sort of work where you look and go, 'Wow, that's going beyond... that's special. I think he's sort of done that. I think there are times when an actor would just like... go through the sound barrier.
What was he like as a person?
GO: Oh, great. The saddest thing is really, it's a shame he's not here to talk about it. I don't mean this in a disrespectful way – it's just Christian [Bale] is very private, it's quite intense, and it's very private, the way he works on Batman, you know? That's not to say he doesn't have a sense of humor. But it was more fun to hang out with Heath! Because people want - because he died - people want a dark story. [EXPRESSIVE SARCASM] He was so obsessed with the character, and he was contaminated with the Joker, and he couldn't sleep, and all of that stuff. No, in-between takes he would sit on the curbside and smoke a cigarette, and laugh, and talk about his daughter Matilda. I thought he was a beautiful kid. He was wonderful. I had a real affection for him. Charismatic... is not... you need a whole new word for charismatic. Um, but it's pretty special work, huh?
He's probably going to get an Oscar nomination. They don't always acknowledge this kind of genre. They don't see this work – I don't know why – it's just, it's just action, it's just an action movie, and We're the Academy! But they probably will [nominate] with this.
Heath - I think it's one of arguably the most psychologically, disturbing villains I've ever seen in a movie.
GO: Yeah, I did say that. I was right, wasn't I? I was right. I got a sense of it the first morning I worked with him, and I thought fuck, this kid's a bit good! I called L.A. and I spoke to a friend of mine who asked, 'What's Heath like?' and I said, 'He is sort of tuned in, it's like a frequency – he's found a radio station that we can't hear.'
He found something. That happens to actors sometimes... You know, I think over the years when I think of performances – Nicholson in Cuckoo's Nest. Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. That sort of work where you look and go, 'Wow, that's going beyond... that's special. I think he's sort of done that. I think there are times when an actor would just like... go through the sound barrier.
What was he like as a person?
GO: Oh, great. The saddest thing is really, it's a shame he's not here to talk about it. I don't mean this in a disrespectful way – it's just Christian [Bale] is very private, it's quite intense, and it's very private, the way he works on Batman, you know? That's not to say he doesn't have a sense of humor. But it was more fun to hang out with Heath! Because people want - because he died - people want a dark story. [EXPRESSIVE SARCASM] He was so obsessed with the character, and he was contaminated with the Joker, and he couldn't sleep, and all of that stuff. No, in-between takes he would sit on the curbside and smoke a cigarette, and laugh, and talk about his daughter Matilda. I thought he was a beautiful kid. He was wonderful. I had a real affection for him. Charismatic... is not... you need a whole new word for charismatic. Um, but it's pretty special work, huh?
He's probably going to get an Oscar nomination. They don't always acknowledge this kind of genre. They don't see this work – I don't know why – it's just, it's just action, it's just an action movie, and We're the Academy! But they probably will [nominate] with this.
Heath - I think it's one of arguably the most psychologically, disturbing villains I've ever seen in a movie.
