Human mind is so unpredictable. I if someone should know since i’ve been haunted by paranoia and autism diagnosed as aspergers syndrome. I think it makes perfectly sense if he SOOO loved the role that it kept coming to his mind. And if that’s the case along with all the pressure he had since the movie wasnt out yet, he might’ve had hard time sleeping which led to sleeping pill overdose. And not taking the sentence “joker killed heath ledger” too god damn literally i assume you can smell my point very clearly.

And quit crying about not speculating anymore. It’s fun to read these. Haters can go make their own blogs.

I mean seriously, can any of us really say that we are 100% positive that Heath intentionally or accidentally overdosed, got too into the role of the Joker, or if any of the other rumors floating around are true? The fact of the matter is, we can’t, and we never will know really know if his death was suicide or not. All we have now is speculation. The family doesn’t know (or knows and doesn’t want to talk about it), and the media isn’t any more reliable than the internet. So we don’t know, and we won’t know.

My opinion: Leave it alone. Just let it be. No more speculation, no more rumors, no more bullshit stories. What happened happened. It’s tragic, yes, but spreading rumors and horror stories around about his death won’t do anything.

We should remember Heath for who he was, not for how he died.

I hadn’t heard of this rumour of Heath Ledger’s death being caused by the haunting of the joker until I saw the film and my friend told me. But I can definitely see why people think this. Heath Ledger plays this character so creepily and slimy that it makes you uncomfortable to watch.
I can understand why any actor would need to get into the zone of a character but I’m sure it would disturb anyone to get into the mind of a fictional character so twisted.
I saw a video on YouTube of an interview with Heath Ledger talking about the joker and he was fidgeting an awful lot. Some people said that it was like he was the joker whereas other people said he was simply on heroin or cocaine. I think either could be correct.
I don’t really know anything about Heath Ledger’s death other than there was a suspected overdose. I think this could have been any reason, personal, the joker or drugs. I like to think he’s an amazing actor and was just having a tough time. It seems too chilling to think that playing the joker could kill him. It also sounds like too much of a scary fairy tale. Something that couldn’t really happen. There has to be lots of reasons for an overdose to happen, and probably most of the reasons the public will never know.
I definitely think Heath Ledger should be praised for his ability to play such different roles as well. One film I love which he is in is the teen high school rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You which is totally different to The Dark Knight in every possible way.

I think Heath Ledgers Death was just that, a simple case of self medication overdose, nothing more.

Considering they did not kill the Joker in the Film, we’ll see if the next guy to play the “mad clown” fall in the same path as Heath Ledger.
If that should happen ….then the Joker has totally mad a “killing joke”.

“He’s gone in a completely different direction to Jack. Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh… Heath is like a really scary psychopath. I did one scene with him and he was ready to go and had to come up in a lift and raid our place… I didn’t see him for rehearsal and when he came out of the lift he was so incredible I forgot my lines. He frightened the life out of me. … I’d never met him before. He’s a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture.”

To get ready for the role, Heath lived in a motel (or hotel) alone for a month, formulating the Joker’s posture, voice, and psychology. He also started a diary where he would write down the Joker’s thoughts. He was also given Batman: The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth to read.

I’m not saying that the Joker’s role really killed Heath Ledger. Infact, in a interview with Interview maganzine, Ledger’s former fiancée Michelle Williams stated: ‘For as long as I’d known him, he had bouts with insomnia, ‘He had too much energy. His mind was turning, turning turning – always turning.’

Insomina may have been the reason he took those sleeping pills. He was one hell of a guy though, and one hell of a actor. He would always go in depth with the role he was playing. I do want to see the Dark Knight.