This sucks. Heath Ledger is dead. He was one of my favorite actors of his generation and gave an amazing performance in Brokeback Mountain, which I just re-watched this past Sunday. He was probably set up to reach and even bigger level of stardom this summer with The Dark Knight. A big question will be how The Joker is now handled in that film. If he doesn't die or at least captured at the end how will the role be filled for the conclusion of the trilogy? It is a little too early and a lot too insensitive to even question that kind of thing right now but it is one of the first thoughts that popped into my head. Ledger was also one of my favorite things about last years I'm Not There. You can read more about it over at MSNBC.
UPDATE: Just received this text message from Eric, who when not doing army things actually met Heath while living in Prague: "The next James Dean or River Phoenix - discuss."
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