Joker has been one of the most reimagined and reinvented characters from DC Comics. Each adaptation adds a new intensity to ...

Last week, we peeled back the curtain on some of Hollywood’s myths regarding movies. From behind-the-scenes shenanigans ...

The late Heath Ledger tragically died at just 28 before The Dark Knight had even hit cinemas and went on to posthumously win him an Oscar for his Joker role. Locking himself away for days in a ...

5.Heath Ledger: "His death was a huge loss to filmgoers ... I still can't believe he was only 27 when he played the Joker and 28 when he passed." —friends-waffles-work "It's crazy that he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heath Ledger and Michael Caine. CREDIT: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage and Karwai Tang/WireImage Caine, who played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the movie, recalled working with him in his book Don ...

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 ...

Christopher Nolan did not think of Heath Ledger first while looking out for an actor to play 'Joker' in The Dark Knight. Ledger ultimately played the evil character in the 2008 Batman movie.

People often judge the book by its cover, but Heath Ledger’s Joker will always be a great example of how it’s worth waiting for a production to premiere before forming a genuine opinion.