“I never had money, and I was very happy without it. When I die, my money’s not gonna come with me. My movies will live on – for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious.”—Heath Ledger
Exactly one year later ago today, the news of Heath Ledger‘s shocking death became known to all across the world. Oddly enough, today is the day that Heath was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight. Quite frankly, I really do despise writing about sad shiznit, so instead of the usual rig-a-ma-role you have access to reading regarding his death, I am instead going to write about happiness, rainbows, and butterflies. I didn’t know Heath personally, but let me tell ya, I loved the guy. He was a talented actor and I miss him. My heart just breaks for that little girl, but I think it is important for her to know that her daddy was a good man and touched the hearts of many in person and in the limelight.
I went through and picked out some of my favorite shots of Heath and a few fun little tidbits about the hunky stud to enjoy. RIP Heathy.
“It’s a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat’s on, the heat’s on.” – Heath told “Access Hollywood” in 1996
**Heath and his older sister, Kate Ledger, are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel, “Wuthering Heights”.
**Heath concentrated on drama and sports in school. When asked to choose between the two, he picked drama. Attended a private all-boys school called Guildford Grammar.
**Auditioned for the part of Max on the TV show “Roswell” (1999). However, the show was originally developed for Fox and since he had already starred in “Roar” (1997), which was unsuccessful for Fox, they did not want to hire him.
**Had three sisters: Catherine (Kate) Ledger, married to Nathan Buckey, and half sisters Olivia Ledger (b. 1997) and Ashleigh Bell (b. 1989).
**Mother was Sally Ramshaw (daughter of John and Jackie Ramshaw) and father was Kim Ledger (son of Colin and Es Ledger). Stepfather was Roger Bell and stepmother was Emma Brown. His great-grandfather was Sir Frank Ledger, son of Edson Leger.
**Named one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001.
**Dated Heather Graham. [October 2000 - June 2001]
**Was a part of the 1990 Kalamunda Field Hockey team, whose president his father Kim was from 1990 to 1992.
**Was a men’s-fashion judge at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2001.
**Was originally set to star in Oliver Stone’s Alexander (2004) before Colin Farrell took over the role.
**Was considered for the role of Kar in Bulletproof Monk (2003) but eventually turned it down. The role later went to Seann William Scott.
**Dated Naomi Watts from August 2002 to May 2004.
**He and Naomi Watts broke up for the 2nd time in April 2004.
**Worked with Orlando Bloom in Ned Kelly (2003). Ledger worked with Scottish actor James Cosmo in The Four Feathers (2002). Both Bloom and Cosmo worked together in the movie Troy (2004).
**Was named “the new Matt Damon” in Josie and the Pussycats (2001). They now act side by side in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
**Was of Irish and Scottish ancestry.
**Starred in 3 films which screened at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. They included Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the out-of-competition Casanova (2005).
**Former fiancée Michelle Williams gave birth to daughter Matilda Rose Ledger on 28 October 2005, who weighed in at 6 lb, 5 oz.
**Met Michelle Williams on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005).
**Heath was selected in the State U17 squad in field hockey and was touted as one of the up and coming young stars, but chose to pack it in and try to make a career out of acting.
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**Jake Gyllenhaal is the godfather of his daughter Matilda.
**Heath was mentored by, lived with, and was very good friends with Martin Henderson.
**Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
**Was the first non-American actor to portray the Joker.
**Set to star in Baz Luhrmann’s pre-WWII drama, but backed out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
**When he was cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008), rumors circulated that his Brokeback Mountain (2005) cast mate Jake Gyllenhaal would be playing district attorney Harvey Dent. Instead, Jake’s sister Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes.
**Dropped out of Australia (2008) to do The Dark Knight (2008).
**Was one of seven godparents of Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damien.
**Called off his engagement to Michelle Williams in September 2007.
**Chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world (#79) 2007.
**Was very good friends with Russell Crowe.
**Was considered for a role in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
**Owned a pet kangaroo that was found by his mother as a child.
**Favorite food was risotto.
**Was good friends with Ben Harper.
**He was the co-founder of record label Music Masses Co with singer Ben Harper, and directed Harper’s video for the song ‘Morning Yearning
**Said in 1999 that his favorite actors and directors were Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Bob Fosse, Stanley Kubrick, Katharine Hepburn, ‘Jack Nicholson’, Marcel Cann, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, and Meryl Streep. Later, he went on to co-star with Gibson; and play The Joker (previously portrayed by Nicholson) with his character was partly inspired by Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971); and had almost been cast in Malick’s The Tree of Life (2009).
Source: IMDB
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