Heath Ledger Shared Thoughts on ‘The Dark Knight’ With Andrew Garfield Before His Death

Heath Ledger shared his thoughts on The Dark Knight with Andrew Garfield shortly before his death.

Though many actors have played the Joker, Heath Ledger’s version remains the most successful. He never saw the final film but appreciated its quality during production.

Ledger discussed this with Andrew Garfield while working together on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Ledger’s last film.

Heath met the Spider-Man star right after finishing filming for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. “Heath was so happy about it. I asked, ‘How did it go?’ and he said, ‘It went really well,’” Garfield recalled in an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

Ledger died at 28, about six months before The Dark Knight was released. His prediction came true: the film broke several box office records and Ledger posthumously won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

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Although Garfield’s time with Ledger was brief, the Social Network star says he still thinks about Heath and everything he learned from him.