"The Dark Knight" star Heath Ledger died a few weeks before his 29th birthday on January 22, 2008 and it was ruled an ...

Ledger's father, Kim Ledger, provides poignant insights into his son’s dedication to his craft. He recalled how Heath isolated himself in a hotel room for weeks before filming The Dark Knight, ...

Michael Caine reflected on working with the late Heath Ledger during ... he was initially skeptical about Ledger's casting as Batman's classic nemesis The Joker, only to be later blown away ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008 Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Sir Michael Caine was "terrified" seeing Heath Ledger as The Joker in 'The Dark Knight'. The 92-year-old screen legend - who played butler Alfred Pennyworth opposite Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne ...

In Sir Michael Caine's new memoir, the legendary actor is full of praise for his late The Dark Knight co-star Heath Ledger, ...

While Ledger's performance was ... co-stars were scared of him as Joker. That includes Michael Caine, who has had a long and wildly successful career. Heath was only 28 when he passed away.

Michael Caine reflects on Heath Ledger's impressive and unsettling transformation into the Joker in The Dark Knight. Caine recalls Ledger's total immersion in the sinister role, which earned him a ...

Michael Caine is opening up about his time filming The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger in his memoir ... Bale's Batman contending with Ledger's villainous Joker, including what it was like to ...