Heath Ledger found dead in apartment

[Neon Genesis]

Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.
At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play and said they found pills near body.
Mr. Ledger, a native of Perth, Australia, won acclaim for his role as a co-star in “Brokeback Mountain”, a 2005 film. The film, based on a short story by Annie Proulx about two cowboys who fall in love, won critical acclaim. Reviewing the film in The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden wrote, “Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn.”
Calls by The New York Times to Mara Buxbaum, a publicist for Mr. Ledger, and Steve Alexander, the actor’s agent, were not immediately returned this afternoon.
Thomas J. Lueck contributed reporting.

Holy shit. O_O

3pm-3:30pm..... I was bitching in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology... and this was going on. Hell. I think we found the James Dean of our generation. All the girls are going to be so extremely sad.

[Gnu]

Who is this guy?

[User Name?]

Sadness......

Is The Dark Knight finished in production or are they going to have to renew all the scenes with him in it now?

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by User Name?

Sadness......

Is The Dark Knight finished in production or are they going to have to renew all the scenes with him in it now?

He's the Dark Knight? I thought it was the dude who was in American Psycho?

This is sad news though...Heath was pretty cool.

[Neon Genesis]

Originally Posted by Gnu

Who is this guy?

The badass from 10 Things I Hate About You, one of the now infamous cowboys in Brokeback Mountain, and was set to play the joker in the next Batman movie.

Originally Posted by User Name?

Sadness......

Is The Dark Knight finished in production or are they going to have to renew all the scenes with him in it now?

I have no idea. I thought the filming portion was done, that they were just editing, but who knows?

Man, he had a 2 year old daughter too. I mean, if this was suicide, I'll be even more disappointed. He did have his daughter to live for, even if Hollywood had drove him to this, or whatever. Maybe it was an accidental overdose?

[User Name?]

Originally Posted by rounds1

He's the Dark Knight? I thought it was the dude who was in American Psycho?

This is sad news though...Heath was pretty cool.

he is The Joker

[Gnu]

Originally Posted by Neon Genesis

The badass from 10 Things I Hate About You, one of the now infamous cowboys in Brokeback Mountain, and was set to play the joker in the next Batman movie.

I haven't seen any of those things, anywhere else I might know him from?

[Neon Genesis]

Originally Posted by Gnu

I haven't seen any of those things, anywhere else I might know him from?

Heath Ledger

The list of films he was in. IMDB doesn't even have his date of death yet. Ech. The fact that it's still so fresh makes it that much weirder.

And Username, the Dark Knight is listed as post-production, so it looks like he'll be in it. I hope the movie is good, cause it will be his swan song, so to speak. The last film fans will remember him by.

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by Gnu

I haven't seen any of those things, anywhere else I might know him from?

You have internet access - yes?


Another one is A Knight's Tale. He was the knight...

[Neon Genesis]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

STUNT ANUS!

Fyrus, seriously, GTFO. Have the tiniest bit of respect for the dead. Just a tiny bit. Hell I never saw his work (except 10 things like, 8 years ago) and can hardly call myself a fan, but damn, Fyrus. Seriously.

And damn it, Gnu and Username, I posted some stuff on the last page for your info, the last post. His IMDB profile. Looks like they should be able to keep him for the next Batman movie, since it is Post-Production, and not still listed as filming. As for the last one though.... who knows.