"proof that actors aren't the most stable folks around"....when you get "inside" the persona of a character...

it can do strange things to you....a character steeped in evil would be especially difficult when you live it 24/7.....Nicholson was very effective in the role previously and I have always suspected that it is because there is some evil subtext in his personality...we've seen it before..."here's Johnny"....as just one example....he was able to step away from it....Heath it would seem was possibly not able to distance himself from it.....it's a shame really...I had been watching Ledger's career and I've really admired his work....he took risks as an actor....it would have been easy to have made a career of playing the "pretty boy" but he took HUGE out-of-the-box risks with Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight and played against type and was effective....

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Topic - Odds are Ledger's Batman movie will be the highest opening box office ever...... - mr grits 06:24:41 01/24/08 (11)

"proof that actors aren't the most stable folks around"....when you get "inside" the persona of a character... - TWB 09:52:59 01/24/08 (8)

RE: Perhaps, but it is part of the job.... - Dave-A 07:35:30 01/26/08 (0)

Guess we should be relieved that Sascha Cohen... - eppis1 08:00:03 01/25/08 (4)

Never saw Borat...and have no intention to....it looks stupid (nt) - TWB 09:56:29 01/25/08 (0)

Losing him would be a real tragedy. * - mr grits 09:47:03 01/25/08 (2)

And he's so emotionally fragile - DWPC 11:52:13 01/25/08 (1)

Hmm, we got a plot of land for him! * - mr grits 12:31:54 01/25/08 (0)

I liked Ledger a lot but that fact remains he became unstable..... - mr grits 15:50:55 01/24/08 (1)

Nicholson...IMO is an actor in the sense of "old Hollywood".... - TWB 17:01:04 01/24/08 (0)

"Brokebank?" nt - tinear 07:41:26 01/24/08 (1)

Bloatbank. * - mr grits 16:27:38 01/24/08 (0)

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"proof that actors aren't the most stable folks around"....when you get "inside" the persona of a character... - TWB 09:52:59 01/24/08 (8)

RE: Perhaps, but it is part of the job.... - Dave-A 07:35:30 01/26/08 (0)

Guess we should be relieved that Sascha Cohen... - eppis1 08:00:03 01/25/08 (4)

Never saw Borat...and have no intention to....it looks stupid (nt) - TWB 09:56:29 01/25/08 (0)

Losing him would be a real tragedy. * - mr grits 09:47:03 01/25/08 (2)

And he's so emotionally fragile - DWPC 11:52:13 01/25/08 (1)

Hmm, we got a plot of land for him! * - mr grits 12:31:54 01/25/08 (0)

I liked Ledger a lot but that fact remains he became unstable..... - mr grits 15:50:55 01/24/08 (1)

Nicholson...IMO is an actor in the sense of "old Hollywood".... - TWB 17:01:04 01/24/08 (0)

"proof that actors aren't the most stable folks around"....when you get "inside" the persona of a character...

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