“Heath frightened the life out of me.”
Source: The Movie Blog Community
September 22, 2007


Today’s issue of the Melbourne Sunday Herald-Sun (Sept 23) carries a brief interview with Michael Caine talking about Heath Ledger’s performance in THE DARK KNIGHT, and suggesting he could be up for an Oscar nomination for his work.

Here’s what Caine had to say:

“The worry going in was The Joker.

Jack Nicholson was the greatest Joker so, you know, how do you top that? Well, Heath Ledger’s done it and he’s extraordinary.

He’s gone in a completely different direction to Jack. Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh.

Heath is like a really scary psychopath. I did one scene with him and he was ready to go and had to come up in a lift and raid our place.

I didn’t see him for rehearsal and when he came out of the lift he was so incredible I forgot my lines. He frightened the life out of me.

I’d never met him before. He’s a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture.”

The only photo accompanying the article is the pic of Heath's Joker holding the knife up to Maggie Gyllenhaal's face.

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