Christian Bale on Heath Ledger's Joker
by Tufail: Christian Bale
Christian Bale recently reflected on Heath Ledger's iconic portrayal of the Joker in 'The Dark Knight.' He praised Ledger's dedication, saying, 'Heath Ledger, what a performance, what a pleasure to have gotten to work with him and just to see him and how much he put himself into the Joker.' Bale added that while watching the film, he thought, 'I was watching it going, yeah, this is fantastic.' He also mentioned Christopher Nolan in the interview. The full clip can be found at
Transcript (en)
Heath Ledger, who, oh my God, you know, what a performance, what a pleasure to have gotten to work with him, and just to see him, you know, and how much he put himself into the Joker. And I was watching it going, yeah, this is absolutely fantastic. Are we in trouble here of when Chris and I first sat down, we said, you know what the problem with Batman is, is that the villains are always more interesting, right? And so Batman actually, he's very close to being a villain himself, so let's never let him become dull by comparison. And unfortunately I was sitting there going, I'm feeling a little bit dull by comparison because Heath is just like killing this. But I'm so proud of that film. I love it. The Dark Knight is absolutely extraordinary. And it was such a pleasure to have gotten to work with Heath.
