RIP Heath Ledger

[r5TPsooner]

decent actor and young.

Actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment, New York police tell CNN.

[Hot Rod]

Just read it on msnbc.com. Nothing else said yet.

[royalfan5]

wow.

[TopDaugIn2000]

dayum!

[crawfish]

Wow. That sucks.

[KABOOKIE]

I think the writer's strike kilt him.

[Hot Rod]

Very, very, sad.

BTW, my thread on this can be deleted/removed.

[TopDaugIn2000]

have they finished shooting batman?

[BigRedJed]

Wow. Sad.

Linky (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/)

[TopDaugIn2000]

<insert brokeback mountain joke here>

[royalfan5]

have they finished shooting batman?
according to IMDB, Batman is in post-production. So it should be fine, unless they needed to reshoot something I suppose.

[SleestakSooner]

Wasn't from a broken back was it? Unexpected for sure.

[jeremy885]

have they finished shooting batman?


First thought I had when I saw the thread.

[TopDaugIn2000]

according to IMDB, Batman is in post-production. So it should be fine, unless they needed to reshoot something I suppose.


figured if they haven't finished shooting that will cause havok with budget/schedule

[Frozen Sooner]

:( Lame.

[dolemitesooner]

i DON'T UNDERSTAND

[silverwheels]

Wasn't his biggest fan, but his portrayal of the Joker looked promising and it's always sad to see a life end at such a young age, especially since he had a young daughter.

[JohnnyMack]

Or read too well.

[jeremy885]

figured if they haven't finished shooting that will cause havok with budget/schedule


Didn't stop them from finishing the Crow and that was 14 years ago (damn I'm getting old).

[BigRedJed]

<insert brokeback mountain joke here>
Or don't.

[soonerbrat]

holy chit

[NormanPride]

****. I feel terrible for his family...

And I also hope they finished Batman... :( Should I feel guilty for thinking that?

[Scott D]

really don't need to make any jokes. It's the primary film anyone who has done an AP writeup has mentioned for him because of the Oscar nomination. It'd have been more tasteful to mention the upcoming Batman movie imo, or more of his other previous films rather than the articles all focusing on one film.

I think it's probably pretty safe that the NYPD are giving the impression that it was some sort of prescription/sleeping pill overdose.

[silverwheels]

****. I feel terrible for his family...

And I also hope they finished Batman... :( Should I feel guilty for thinking that?

It's in post-production, so it's done with filming. He was shooting scenes for a different movie, though.

[Boomer.....]

Only 28. How sad.

[Osce0la]

wow...RIP.

[BigRedJed]

Well, while it's probably drugs or the typical stuff that kills young celebs, it's still a tragedy. Obviously talented, and always seemed like a decent guy when I saw him interviewed. Best wishes to his family and friends.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

That's just awful. Sad to hear about someone so young dying.

[HskrGrl]

How sad! And it just makes it that much sadder that he has a 2 year old daughter. :(

[Whet]

Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.

Drugs kill!

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

PSA: The wikipedia entry for Heath Ledger is currently NSFW. Ewwww.

[royalfan5]

it's now being reported that the apartment was owned by Mary-kate Olsen.

[TopDaugIn2000]

PSA: The wikipedia entry for Heath Ledger is currently NSFW. Ewwww.

:confused:

[Harry Beanbag]

That's kinda shocking.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

:confused:When I first looked it had a photo of a real:hot: on it. No way I'm looking to see if the wiki people removed it.

[soonerbrat]

of a real what?

[Collier11]

he had pills all over the bed that he was found on, possible drug overdose!

[Mjcpr]

of a real what?

A real thermometer, H has always really, really liked big thermometers.

[soonerbrat]

oh..i thought that was a thermometer. my bad

[sooner_born_1960]

Themometer.

[Mjcpr]

Thermostat, thermometer, same diff.

:D

I don't even know what you people are talking about.

[BigRedJed]

Anything offensive is gone. Wiki locks down pages of people who recently died to prevent vandalism. Whatever was up there was only up for an instant, because I visited that page a half hour ago, and then just now.

BTW, the apartment he was found in apparently belonged to Mary-Kate Olsen (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/index.html?hp). Weird.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

It was a pen!s on the wiki board.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

have they finished shooting batman?

It won't do anygood. You know his costume is bullet proof.

[Mjcpr]

It was a pen!s on the wiki board.

I think it's just because of his forehead.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Heath_Ledger.jpg/200px-Heath_Ledger.jpg

[SOONER STEAKER]

Wasn't he the Knight, that changed his stars? I frget the name of the movie though. Can someone help me out?

[LosAngelesSooner]

according to IMDB, Batman is in post-production. So it should be fine, unless they needed to reshoot something I suppose.
My friend is doing special effects on this movie. They had reshoots scheduled which had Heath in them. They're kinda $&%^ed right now.

Expect some "Crow Style" fixes with the Joker.

[Collier11]

Sleeping pills found

[Soonrboy]

I really liked him in "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson.

Too bad.

[Whet]

Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s deputy commissioner for public information, initially said that the apartment was owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen (http://movies.nytimes.com/person/126307/Mary-Kate-Olsen), but later reversed himself and said that was not the case.
A representative of Ms. Olsen said that the apartment did not belong to the actress. “It is not her apartment,” the representative, Annette Wolf, a publicist for Ms. Olsen, said in a phone interview. “She does not own the apartment. She has never owned the apartment. She and her sister have an apartment in New York City but they are not in this building.”


more in The Leftist NY Times (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/)

[Harry Beanbag]

Wasn't he the Knight, that changed his stars? I frget the name of the movie though. Can someone help me out?

A Knight's Tale

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/

[LosAngelesSooner]

It's in post-production, so it's done with filming. He was shooting scenes for a different movie, though.
Post Production often means that there is still filming going on. It just means that principal photography has concluded.

[silverwheels]

Post Production often means that there is still filming going on. It just means that principal photography has concluded.

OK. All I know is he was filming his parts for Terry Gilliam's new movie at the time.

[LosAngelesSooner]

Actors often overlap projects.

Still...this guy just became the latest generation's James Dean.

Anyone else see the correlation? All the way down to matching big gay films (Giant and Brokeback)? Both actors respected both for their talents and for their good looks? Both with tragic deaths?

I can see the new Boulevard of Broken Dreams now...

[silverwheels]

Actors often overlap projects.

Really? I didn't think that was possible.

[OUsooner1]

RIP

first brad renfro and now heath...i wonder who is next. for some reason things like this happens in groups of three. Why couldn't it had been Britney Spears instead?

[12]

The latest generation's James Dean?

Clearly and admittedly, I have become an old man. I read his name today and immedeately thought "wasn't that the Ghey Cowboy?"

I wonder if that roll somehow changed him. That's a pretty strong typecast if you don't fit the part; pun not intended.

Anyway, sad. So long, Keith. We hardly knew ye.

[soonerbrat]

who is Keith?

[12]

He was in that cowboy movie.

[Mjcpr]

RIP

first brad renfro and now heath...i wonder who is next. for some reason things like this happens in groups of three. Why couldn't it had been Britney Spears instead?

Probably Suzanne Pleshette and Sam the Butcher from The Brady Bunch.

[BigRedJed]

Holy carp! Fours!

[Mjcpr]

Holy carp! Fours!

I know, I something about that on that show that was talking about the different ways the world could end.

:D

[12]

WELL CRAP!!

Why didn't Allan Melvin's passing make a splash? Geeze. This country has gone to the dogs.

He made a much better villan on The Andy Griffith Show than a butcher on that crappy Brady show.

I'll bet that typecast as Sam killed him just like that fluffy cowboy guy.

So long, Allan. I didn't know ye.

[SoonerGirl06]

I'm really surprised to hear this. So sad. I really enjoyed his role in The Patriot and 10 Things I Hate About You. IMO he had a charisma that was very charming... and those dimples... mmmmmm!


I'm not surprised with the media circus that's currently in progress over this.

[Okla-homey]

I'm really surprised to hear this. So sad. I really enjoyed his role in The Patriot and 10 Things I Hate About You. IMO he had a charisma that was very charming... and those dimples... mmmmmm!


I'm not surprised with the media circus that's currently in progress over this.

I wonder if this means Mel Gibson will be going on a murderous rampage with his tomahawk and flintlocks?

[soonerbrat]

I am going to watch Brokeback Mountain in his honor...it's On Demand

[Frozen Sooner]

I wonder if this means Mel Gibson will be going on a murderous rampage with his tomahawk and flintlocks?

Dude, it's Tuesday.

Of COURSE Mel Gibson is going on a rampage with a tomahawk and flintlock.

[Scott D]

Dude, it's Tuesday.

Of COURSE Mel Gibson is going on a rampage with a tomahawk and flintlock.

is it a Jewish holiday or something? ;)

[Okla-homey]

Dude, it's Tuesday.

Of COURSE Mel Gibson is going on a rampage with a tomahawk and flintlock.


hey there ossifer Sugart1ts! Did you know jews is the causeofalltheworldsproblems? <hic>

[Frozen Sooner]

is it a Jewish holiday or something? ;)

Nah, that's just how Mel rolls on a Tuesday night.

[Scott D]

Nah, that's just how Mel rolls on a Tuesday night.

[Mel Gibson]It's Jewsday you bastard! <hic>[/Mel Gibson]

[Sooner_Bob]

RIP Heath . . .

[stoops the eternal pimp]

2 year old growing up without her dad

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

I am going to watch Brokeback Mountain in his honor...it's On DemandThose scenes between him and Michelle Williams are pretty much soft core porn since they made a baby while that movie was being filmed or shortly thereafter.

[CatfishSooner]

more like Jack Nasty...

[M]

Those scenes between him and Michelle Williams are pretty much soft core porn since they made a baby while that movie was being filmed or shortly thereafter.

Not to disrespect the solemnity of this thread, but wha? :confused:

[soonerbrat]

the girl that played his wife in Brokeback is his real life babymomma

[LosAngelesSooner]

Really? I didn't think that was possible.
Oh, no no no. That totally happens all the time. That's why conflicts arise. Now, Principal Photography is a trump card, but actors can overlap the beginning of one project with the re-shoots and pickups of another one that is in Post.

That's SOP.

[Tailwind]

So sorry to see the end of a talented actor and nice guy. RIP Heath.

[soonerbrat]

Percoset, Lortab, Xanax, Valium, Restoril & an OTC sleep aid are what killed him.

[colleyvillesooner]

ouch...

pretty bad shape if two Ambien only gave him 1 hour sleep...

[BigRedJed]

ouch...
Or not. He was feeling NO pain with that cocktail.

[soonerbrat]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/PainManagement/story?id=4240260&page=1

According to the medical examiner's office, Ledger took "prescribed therapeutic doses ... or less" of each medication he ingested. However, the medications were not meant to be taken together. The cumulative effect was that the actor's brain stem function that controls breathing was impaired and Ledger "fell asleep and never woke up."

"While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy," Kim Ledger said. "Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."

[r5TPsooner]

Geez, a Vicodin usually sends me to a happy place. With all the stuff he had, I would have been on another planet.