Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment yesterday. There is speculation that he died of a drug overdose.A few years ago, I saw Heath Ledger, in person, at the TIFF premiere of his movie, Candy.
Ledger played a promising young poet who falls in love with an art student, played by Abbie Cornish. The movie follows their Sid and Nancy descent into heroin addiction. It's unrelenting.
The thing is....Ledger turned up for the premiere looking not unlike his character in the movie.
His hair was stringy. His eyes were hollow. His jeans looked dirty. He was positively dishevelled.
This movie was released in North America not long after he'd made a splash with Brokeback Mountain, but he couldn't have looked more different than he'd appeared in that film.
I remember turning to my companion and commenting that it looked like he'd taken method acting a little too seriously.
Very sorry to hear of this untimely death. Sorrier still for his family, who must endure their grief in the public eye.
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