Houdini's Magic Movie Ticket

I read somewhere that "The Dark Knight" is Heath Ledger's final role. He was found dead in his apartment with prescription medication. I think one of the bottles was of sleeping pills.

I read that playing the dark and scary version of the Joker gave Ledger nightmares. Someone said of Ledger that he has a knack for portraying dark, edgy characters. Ledger said he needed two Ambien just to get to sleep, and even then only slept for about an hour.

I've heard (on "The Simpsons," but it sounds fair) that people are known to sleepwalk and do odd things while on Ambien.

My guess is that Ledger simply took too much sleep medication, because he wanted to get to sleep so badly.

In the context of his death, "The Dark Knight" will probably seem different than otherwise. Maybe it will even be created/finished differently from this point on. I heard another man died in connection with this movie, I think it was a cameraman during a car stunt. It's really sad that there are two deaths connected with this film. And it was especially troubling to read that Heath Ledger, a guy admired and envied by so many, and in the prime of his life, had died.

If you enjoyed this post, please think about becoming a subscriber to my RSS feed.