It is no longer surprising to me that Heath Ledger went off the deep end. Such an amazing performance.
he stole the show. i heard something about how he basically became an insomniac during the making of the film and pretty much lost his mind after staying in joker character...
So much conflicting information has come out about Ledger; with people saying he was always in character while others say that he was very normal when not in the Joker character. Maybe it\'s not giving Ledger enough credit for being such a fine actor, but it\'s hard for me to accept that playing the Joker character had nothing to do with his overdose.
Technically a spoiler, depending on how anal you are about movies, so I\'ll give it it\'s proper courtesy:
[SPOILER]One of the most harrowing moments for me was watching Ledger, in the midst of absolutely owning the Joker character, saying the something like, \'"In their last moments, you find out so much about who people really are." (I think that\'s the exact quote, but it was after 2am, so who knows)[/SPOILER]
Anyway, my not-so-bold prediction is that Heath scores the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His performance was good enough that he\'ll get enough legitimate votes, and the sympathy vote will push it over the top; he deserves it one way or another after getting robbed of the Best Actor Oscar for Brokeback Mountain.
