After finishing the phenomenal "Angels and Demons" book - which is quite different with the movie .. this "Heath Ledger - His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death" book is currently in hand accompany me throughout my traffic journey to and from work. I got this book a while ago, when I travelled in HK, but I just got round with it now ..
Heath Ledger is one of few Australian actors that I admire .. other than Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman and of course Mel Gibson (though he wasn't really Australian, he was born in States for American family but moved to Aussie when he was 12), but well I guess he is considered Australian.
I was introduced to Heath firstly through his Aussie Debut Movie "Two Hands" during my 2nd year of uni where I had to watch TOO MANY Aussie movies as part of my Australian Screen subject. And finally he made his first Hollywood break-out in 10 Things I Hate about You and a star was born. Followed by The Patriot (with the man Mel Gibson), A Knight's Tale, Monster's Ball, to name a few and to the most controversy movie by Ang-Lee, Brokeback Mountain .. the rest is history.
With the world at his feet, he entered the "Dark Side" of the New Batman Movie playing brilliantly as the Joker, which rumoured that his cause of death was that he couldn't take himself out of the character which forced him to take too many depression pills and took his life on 22 January 2008 in his New York Apartment leaving the big grief of Hollywood industry.
There was a worldwide shock and disbelief, where he was just reaching the top of his successful career with wife Michelle Williams whom he met on the set of Brokeback Mountain and daughter Mathilda.
However, mystery is still surrounded his death. Was the rumour true? Was it accidental? Or was it the pressure of his "new Hollywood life"?
Whatever that is .. it will forever remains as mystery and Heath Ledger will always be remembered.
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