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Chris Nolan is a classy guy. Very lovely tribute. I loved how he reflected on the man's life rather than his death.

Gary Oldman (who plays Commissioner Gordon) also talked a bit about working with Heath Ledger on the Steve Jones Radio Show. You can listen to it here.

[Froufrou]

Thanks for sharing. BTW, Oldman is a good conservative, by Hollywood standards.

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Hope no one minds me posting this, but it's helped me deal with my own feelings on Heath Ledger's death. There's nothing like seeing someone so young and full of promise go like this to remind us of our own mortality.

But Ledger played a character that's near and dear to any Batman fan, and from what we've all read and heard, he treated the Joker role with respect. He could have done what any Hollywood actor would have done and said "Oh, hey! I get to be like Jack Nicholson and put on clown clothes and shoot at Batman!" Instead, he actually delved into the mythos, studied and read the comic books, and from everything we've heard, delivered a stellar performance that made the character his own. For this, I salute him!

We'll have to wait till July 18 to see The Dark Knight's Joker on-screen, but till then, I created this little memorial/tribute to the character and the man who played him.

R.I.P., Heath Ledger!