Caine Talks More Heath
Sources: MTV Blog & Slashfilm
Story from: 02 October 2007

On Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007, MTV interviewer Josh Horowitz sat down with actor Michael Caine in NY to talk about Caine's new film Sleuth. In the interview, Horowitz got Caine talking about Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight. Buttering up the actor, he begins by saying that based on the teaser's voiceover, clearly Alfred will be the star of Dark Knight.

Chuckling, Caine responded with this:

“I tell you the big surprise in the new ‘Batman’ — Heath Ledger as the Joker. He’s fantastic. He’s gone in a different direction than Jack (Nicholson) . . . Jack was like a really scary old, nasty old uncle with a funny face. Heath is like the most murderous psychopath you’ve ever seen on the screen.”

“I was waiting for Batman’s guests, but (the Joker) had taken over the elevator with — he has seven dwarfs and… oh! wait until you see them. So, I’d never seen any of it and the elevator door opened and they came out and I forgot every bloody line. They frightened the bloody life out of me …. It’s amazing and it’s so different from Jack.”

To view a video clip of the interview, CLICK HERE.



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