Ledger Set to Steal the Show
By Duane Lester • Apr 12th, 2008 • 195 Views
Reports are coming in now that Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker will be his best performance ever. I said last week that I thought he nailed it, and that was just from the trailers.
It has to be something terrific when you have Michael Caine saying the following:
Veteran Michael Caine has also spoken highly of Ledger’s Joker portrayal.
“Jack (Nicholson) was like a really scary old, nasty uncle with a funny face,” Caine said. “Heath’s like the most murderous psychopath you’ve ever seen on the screen.”
Wow!
The Joker was cool when Jack Nicholson played him, but he was still too campy. The Joker is a very dark character. Heath himself said before he died:
“He’s just out of control - no empathy, he’s a sociopath, a psychotic, mass-murdering clown,”
I like the way they did this character. Hopefully, this isn’t a case where I build up the movie too much, to where I can only be let down due to my high expectations.
