The Dark Knight Director Christopher Nolan Praises Heath Ledger As The Joker

 

The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has paid tribute to the dark acting skills of late actor Heath Ledger, branding his performance in the movie “terrifying.”

 Ledger filmed his final scenes as the Caped Crusader’s nemesis The Joker for the latest Batman film last year, not too long before his tragic death in January.

And Nolan states the actor’s final film sequences are spectacular telling Britain’s Empire magazine:

“Our Joker - Heath’s interpretation of The Joker - has always been the absolute extreme of anarchy and chaos. (And) what makes him terrifying is not to humanise him in narrative terms. We didn’t want to show what made him do the things he’s doing, because then he becomes less threatening. I like to say he cuts through the movie like Jaws. He just kind of comes and goes and causes complete mayhem.”

WENN