Candy NY Screening
Snippet from Style.com



Back in New York on Monday (Nov 6th, 2006), the Cinema Society's Andrew Saffir hosted a Tribeca Grand screening of Candy, in which Heath Ledger plays a heroin junkie. Spending time with recovering addicts to prepare for his role made a sobering impression on the actor. "The idea that drugs and alcohol are tied up with being an artist has been glorified," said Ledger. "Your brain needs to be clean to create, so I don’t think anything could be less true."

The Aussie's heartrending portrayal, along with that of his costar and fellow countrywoman Abbie Cornish, wasn't lost on filmgoers. At the after-party at the Soho Grand Hotel, Ron Howard praised the "bravura performances," and guests like Claire Danes, Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, and Helena Christensen concurred. Ledger didn't linger long, though. Eyeing the raw vegetables on the buffet table, he announced to friends, "I'm starving. You guys wanna go get a burger?" Luckily, some cravings can be satisfied.


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— Alison Baenen (Candy)