He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the ‘’Batman’’ franchise, ‘’The Dark Knight.’’ (Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a ‘’psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy’’ he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.
‘’Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,’’ he said. ‘’I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.’’ One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.
He was not able to sleep more than 2 hours... that is so hard.
My daughter has that problem since certain events in her life and one will do a lot to get some sleep.
I guess we’ll find out what he was taking and perhaps it will be a warning to others.