Let's Get Serious About Heath

[ynnaf]

http://www.heathbaby.com/k2news/Archive.php?Action=ShowNews&NewsID=470

"Hannah has very blond hair so they had to darken it. They got half of it done in the make-up trailer when she leapt out of the chair and refused to continue.

"Heath walked in and completely calmed her down. It was remarkable. It was the beginning of a great trust and friendship between them."

Stewart recalls one day he and Hannah were sitting on the steps of her trailer when Ledger passed by.

"Hannah just nonchalantly called him daddy. Heath buckled over laughing."

One of Hannah's major scenes was filmed in Fort McLeod.

Ledger had his motorcycle shipped in from L.A. and had been polishing it for hours when Hannah came over and asked if she could help.

"He gave her a rag and she proceeded to undo most of what he'd accomplished. He found the humour in it," says Stewart.

[Ministering angel]

Sweet. So that was Hannah Stewart, the little moppet who played Alma Junior aged three. Daddy, bring big fish.

[trekfan]

This is an article by the screenwriter of Queen's Gambit,  which was to be Heath's directorial debut

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/heath-ledger--a-prophetic-tragedy-795344.html

[Nadine]

Sweet. So that was Hannah Stewart, the little moppet who played Alma Junior aged three. Daddy, bring big fish.

No wonder Hannah's relationship with Ennis as little Alma was so sweet,natural and charming as she obviously adored Heath behind the scenes too. It was really moving how she clung to a weeping Michelle too as Alma watched Jack and Ennis leave.Every casting decision for BBM was just perfect,almost pre-ordained,if I'm not getting too carried away(and there are those who say that I should be!).

[MountainMouse]

REM's Michael Stipe pays tribute to Heath Ledger at SXSW http://www.nme.com/news/sxsw/35111

REM frontman Michael Stipe paid tribute to Heath Ledger during the band's rousing set at South by Southwest tonight (March 12). Stipe dedicated the new song 'Until The Day Is Done' to the actor (...). "This is dedicated to Heath Ledger, who loved this song," he said, ending the song by shouting, "Goodbye Heath, we loved you!"

I've been trying to get hold of the lyrics for this ballad, to get a bit closer to what he liked and therefore what he was like.
Not much luck, the album is still to come out so no official lyrics as such, but got hold of this 'reconstruction'

Until The Day is Done

The battles been lost the war was not won
The battle republic had built a refund
Business first flatters ???
The good and desired come choose your ???

Providence blinked he’s in the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

So we’ve written our stories to entertain
These notions of glory of  bull market
The teleprompt flutters the power surge breaks
The ? message falls into routine

Providence blinked he’s in the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

What’s the  ??
What’s the pigeon calls
What have I done what have I done?

So hold tight your babies and your governments
For God will be with us the best yet to come

Providence blinked, he’s in the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

I dunno, but some of the words really freak me out in light of his death and resonate with what you've been guys contributing here.
MM

[CANSTANDIT]

Oscar buzz for the Joker has started already I see....

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23361048-10388,00.html

Honestly the Oscars don’t mean much to me after both BBM and Heath were outrageously snubbed two years ago but I would be very happy if he got one for the Joker because I think he will definitely kick ass in TDK… we’ll see. 

I can look at his Joker, rather objectively, and what I saw, just in body language and his silences and his movements in the first 6 minutes of the movie, I saw what people have said: he's done something NEW. This is always a great Oscar attractor.

[magicmountain]

This article appeared in today's Australian newspaper featuring comments about Heath by Michelle and Naomi Watts since his loss.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23374218-2702,00.html

[lauren]

An article about a second will, posted today:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/ledger-feud-grows-over-second-will/2008/03/15/1205472100775.html


SOME of Heath Ledger's relatives may be planning a legal challenge against his will after it emerged the actor may have written a second will after his daughter was born, leaving most of his multimillion-dollar fortune to her....

....Ledger's second will, which is understood to be unsigned, was reportedly drawn up after Matilda's birth.

[ynnaf]

Christian Bale and Nolan speak about Heath:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjU83IpwBU

[cazzyj]

Christian Bale and Nolan speak about Heath:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjU83IpwBU

OMG I can't wait for this movie!  bittersweet but excited nonetheless 

[Marz]

http://www.heathbaby.com/k2news/Archive.php?Action=ShowNews&NewsID=470

"Hannah has very blond hair so they had to darken it. They got half of it done in the make-up trailer when she leapt out of the chair and refused to continue.

"Heath walked in and completely calmed her down. It was remarkable. It was the beginning of a great trust and friendship between them."

Stewart recalls one day he and Hannah were sitting on the steps of her trailer when Ledger passed by.

"Hannah just nonchalantly called him daddy. Heath buckled over laughing."

One of Hannah's major scenes was filmed in Fort McLeod.

Ledger had his motorcycle shipped in from L.A. and had been polishing it for hours when Hannah came over and asked if she could help.

"He gave her a rag and she proceeded to undo most of what he'd accomplished. He found the humour in it," says Stewart.

aww he was so perfect
he was even good with kids before matilda was born!
and what would hannahs major scene have been?

[Ministering angel]

Either the reunion morning after or the supermarket, I'd guess.

[Ministering angel]

Thanks for the link about the second will, Lauren. I hate to see this sort of shit hit the news. I'm sure Heath would be cringing.

[ynnaf]

Thanks for the link about the second will, Lauren. I hate to see this sort of shit hit the news. I'm sure Heath would be cringing.

He certainly would, he was so private! I wish his uncles wouldn't be so public about it! The family should deal with this privately!

[ynnaf]

Amy Pascal:  "He was always introducing you to 3,000 mates whose names you can’t remember."

Philip Seymour Hoffman:  "Heath didn’t have the cynicism that this business can eventually put upon people, or the pretension that certain artists can carry with them sometimes. He had a really honest quality about him. He obviously had never lost his wide-eyed optimism."

Michelle Williams:  "I think that the interesting thing about Heath, which maybe people have only really fully discovered in his death, is how vulnerable he was. You can pick up on it in his performances, but it’s easy to overlook because he was so physical and beautiful and strong and masculine. But there was always that underlying sensitivity. That’s who he was."

Sean Penn:  "Heath was not simply a quiet and gifted actor who liked to go surfing, though that is how I primarily knew him in life. In the time we spent together, we spoke a bit about family, about travels, but most of all, about film.Yet, in his unassuming way, he never revealed to me the visual poet of the first order who I discovered watching the film clips he directed, music videos and such, after his death. His talent does speak volumes of the kind man, the loving father, and, in fact, the brilliant and gifted guy I really missed out on—that we all did, in the long run. Heath might have been a giant."

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/hum/detail/index.jsp?uuid=2e0657c9-9f6a-4436-af27-79e0b3ae857b&sid=fd-hum