Heath Ledger’s Joker could be biggest posthumous movie role
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in Actors, Summer 2008
Heath Ledger’s frenzied reinvention of the Joker had fans and colleagues buzzing. His dreadful clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the goosebump-raising image upon which nearly all early marketing of “The Dark Knight” hinged.
All this, while Ledger was still alive.
Now the Batman archfiend stands as Ledger’s next-to-last performance. And while it’s not the first, “The Dark Knight” has already emerged as arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history.
(CNN)
