Ledger was unsure about taking on the story of the Aussie criminal icon, but soon had his mind changed.
“Before, I was rather misinformed; to me, he was just an outlaw. He represented a rebel and he wore a suit of armour.
“I didn’t really understand how much of a victim of circumstance he was. But I wanted to portray a person not an icon. I wanted to present a guy with a heart.
“That’s why it was important to see all aspects of this guy, and that’s why the love story was important, because without that I would have only been able to show you a very determined, very strong and responsible figure, somewhat hard.
“With the love story I was able to show him drop his guard and be vulnerable, like any 20 year old kid, with a smile…”
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imaginarium
Oct 16th 2009, 14:37
Amazing, I love it. Howeverrr, I'm pretty sure Matilda was born in 2005, so she's 3 now, turning 4 at the end of the month.. And C should have been for Candy!
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jwhite
Oct 18th 2009, 21:25
Yes, quite right on Matilda's age... What idiot wrote this? Oh, yeah... me. I'll correct it. Thanks!
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zodiacspeaking
Oct 22nd 2009, 20:39
His role as skip in lords of dogtown was excellent. On the bonus features you hear the real skip talk and ledger nailed it.
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