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, ...

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

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 ...

He left PEOPLE in 2018. They both played infamously evil clowns, but It’s Bill Skarsgard sees some major differences between his Pennywise and Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight.

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 ...

Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

Much like the rest of the world, Michael Caine had a big reaction to seeing Heath Ledger’s Joker for the first time in The Dark Knight.

Heath Ledger's performance in Christopher Nolan's 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight is widely considered to be the best portrayal of the Joker. No offence to Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Hamill or Jack ...

"He was a lovely guy, very gentle and unassuming," Caine wrote of Ledger, via Entertainment Weekly. "I wondered how he was ...