Ledger deserves all credit of The Dark Knight success
News
-Staff
By Staff
Washington
(ANI):
The
Dark
Knight's
director
Christopher
Nolan
has
said
that
Heath
Ledger
deserves
all
the
credit
for
the
film's
massive
box
office
haul.
In
the
movie,
Ledger
plays
'The
Joker',
the
last
full
film
role
he
completed
before
his
death
in
January
(08)
from
an
accidental
drug
overdose.
Speaking
at
the
film's
Japanese
premiere,
Nolan
said
that
Ledger
is
behind
the
success
of
the
movie.
"(He
was)
what
The
Joker
in
our
film
would
need
to
be.
(We
were)
looking
for
an
actor
with
the
fierceness,
excitement
and
teeth
to
do
our
version
of
the
Joker," Contactmusic
quoted
him,
as
saying.
Christian
Bale,
who
plays
Batman
in
the
record-breaking
film,
also
appreciated
Ledger.
"It's
satisfying
to
see
people
celebrating
the
incredible
talent
of
Heath.
I
just
want
him
to
be
recognised,"
he
said
in
a
press
conference.