Heath Ledger’s friend reveals new detail about his death
nme.comHeath Ledger‘s friend has shared new details regarding the circumstances surrounding the late actor’s death.Ledger, who is perhaps best known for his role as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, died in January 2008 after overdosing on prescription drugs.
He was 28 years old.Now Ledger’s friend Stephen Gaghan, a director and writer, has said Ledger’s father Kim had told him that Ledger’s body was found with a script for his film.The Oscar-winning director had been working towards making an adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell’s 2005 novel Blink and was hoping to cast Ledger in the lead role.
A copy of the book was found on the bedside table when Ledger was found dead.Speaking on Gladwell’s Development Hell podcast, Gaghan told Gladwell: “They were there with the body and our script was in bed with him, and your book was on the bedside table.
I think my number was on the script, like written.“These guys, as you can imagine, they are in shock and they dialled that number and I don’t know why.”He continued: “I’m in an airport with my wife, just going from one place to another, and I literally just collapse, never happened to me before or since.
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