Heath Ledger's family attends The Dark Knight premiere
News
-Staff
By Staff
Washington
(ANI):
Late
actor
Heath
Ledger's
family
was
spotted
attending
the
premiere
of
his
movie
The
Dark
Knight
in
New
York
on
July
14.
Attending
the
show
was
Kim
Ledger
and
his
wife
Ines,
Heath's
stepmother,
who
bypassed
the
red
carpet
and
ducked
into
the
theatre
to
watch
his
late
son
play
The
Joker
in
the
latest
Batman
film.
Heath's
mother
Sally
Bell
and
her
husband,
and
Heath's
older
sister,
Kate
were
also
present
at
the
premiere.
At
the
end
of
the
show,
his
father
Kim
was
asked
how
it
felt
to
attend,
and
he
responded
with
the
thumbs-up,
and
also
told
reporters
it
was
"very
good." Heath
Ledger's
co-stars,
meanwhile,
used
the
occasion
to
pay
tribute
to
him.
"Working
with
Heath
was
fantastic,"
People
magazine
quoted
Christian
Bale,
34,
as
saying.
"He
steals
the
movie
and
I'm
quite
happy
to
say
that.
He's
a
hell
of
a
talent
and
created
a
joker
that's
very
iconic
and
one
that
will
become
a
classic
portrayal
of
the
ages,"
he
said.
Michael
Caine,
75,
who
plays
butler
Alfred
Pennyworth
in
the
film,
which
opens
July
18,
noted
the
"intensity
and
ferocity
of
the
performance."
"But
when
we
were
sitting
down
between
takes,
he
was
completely
ordinary,"
Caine
stated.
"He
wasn't
preparing
himself
or
saying
'Please
leave
me
alone,
I've
gotta
do
this.' Instead
he
was
talking
to
me.
"We
would
sit
and
chat
and
have
a
cup
of
coffee,
then
suddenly
they''d
say,
'We're
ready,
Heath,'
and
he'd
go
straight
into
The
Joker,"
Caine
said.
"His
energy
was
astonishing,
especially
when
it
came
from
this
kind
of
calm.
He's
certainly
the
best
villain
I've
ever
seen," he
added.
Ledger,
who
died
of
an
accidental
prescription-drug
overdose
on
Jan.
22
has
garnered
Oscar
buzz
for
his
role
as
the
smiley
yet
sinister
Joker.