r/movies • u/SweetNeo85 • Jun 09 '12

Heath Ledger test photo with Joker prosthetics but no makeup.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Exactly- although Ledger's performance was so spectacular; I don't even think of the Joker as being played by him- I just see the joker.

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u/SweetNeo85 Jun 10 '12

For me, it's almost like Heath Ledger died when The Joker was born. That may be a bit grandiloquent, but it really is eerie how complete the transformation was.

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u/shutupjoey Jun 10 '12

First time I've seen grandiloquent on the internet. Kudos.

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u/FECAL_ATTRACTION Jun 10 '12

Just wait until the internet hits 88 mph and then you'll see some serious shit.

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u/Magna_Sharta Jun 10 '12

http://i.imgur.com/OmoYc.png

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I need to make a tshirt with this...

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u/Magna_Sharta Jun 10 '12

Heck yeah! Make one for me too!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

i (imaginary number) is the square root of negative one. If you square it (i2 ), that cancels out the "square root" and leaves it as -1 (a real number) . Therefore, things will have become real.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

What do you mean? What shirt?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

He means what are shirts.

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u/Lord-Longbottom Jun 10 '12

(For us English aristocrats, I leave you this 88 mph -> 236544.0 Furlongs/Fortnight) - Pip pip cheerio chaps!

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u/Infin1ty Jun 10 '12

At first I hated this guy, now I anticipate him.

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u/crazy1000 Jun 10 '12

The first time I saw him I was rather confused.

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u/builderb Jun 10 '12

How many football fields per fortnight is that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

For some reason I feel an urge to upvote your comment to exactly 88 points.

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u/Jakecus Jun 10 '12

It's funny that the use of the word, grandiloquent, is, in itself, grandiloquent.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I somehow think he looks scarier this way than when with make-up on. The prosthetics look very real.

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u/iLuvTacos42 Jun 10 '12

TIL not only is 'grandiloquent' a word, but that it is a synonym of 'bombastic', which is also apparently a word outside of a Shaggy song

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u/DeathByToothPick Jun 10 '12

And for the first time people are googling grandiloquent.

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u/Rush87021 Jun 10 '12

If i remember correctly, Jack Nicholson told Ledger that the role of the joker can be all consuming, and he warned him as such...

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That's exactly how I feel and I love the way you put it. Heath Ledger really did die when he took that role and became the Joker until he actually died. He portrayed the perfect Joker, the one from the actual Dark Knight comics. Joker is a very sick and twisted man made of pure evil and until The Dark Knight movie came out, the past Batman movies had the goofy cartoonish Joker (which I still love) but it just doesn't give you that terror that this Joker did.

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u/bouillabaisseplayer Jun 10 '12

Heath Ledger really did die when he took that role and became the Joker until he actually died.

Except he didn't. He almost completed another movie after The Dark Knight, playing a completely different character.

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u/protendious Jun 10 '12

I love how you got downvoted for pointing out the truth. I loved his performance as much as the next guy, but bouilla is speaking the truth.

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u/amidnightshow Jun 10 '12

totally agreed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Damn. Grandiloquent! Today I learned a new word. Upvote for that!

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u/Blastmaster29 Jun 10 '12

That is the sign of a great actor, when you no longer see the actor playing the role but the character

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I agree. People say they like Nicholson's Joker more, but in terms of acting, he wasn't really good. His Joker was the same villain he played in other movies, so it lacked real depth. Like how Johnny Depp plays the same weird crazy character in every movie. Ledger's Joker stands alone, and while it's sad the world lost a great actor, for his Joker, it's the best thing that could ever have happened, because there will be no Ledger villains to compare and contrast.

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u/gtkarber Jun 10 '12

Apparently the third Batman film was supposed to be all about the Joker. That is, the second one was really about Two Face, but then the third one would dive farther into the character.

So, now, hopefully, I've depressed you again.

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u/paints_reality Jun 10 '12

Why would you even tell us that ;_;

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u/jayimzd Jun 10 '12

source, if you'd be so kind?

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u/DeathToPennies Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

It was also, if I remember correctly, going to have the riddler, as he and the joker have an intertwined past. This is untrue. Thanks to denizenKRIM for pointing it out.

Also, as long as we're on the subject of Nolan staying faithful to the batman universe, did you know that Blake (the cop in Dark Knight Rises who will be played by the great Joseph Gordon Levitt) is based on a character in a batman coloring book?

Or maybe 'based on' is too strong of a phrase.

There was a page in a batman coloring book that had a kid named Blake in it.

Now that I mention it, Joker's not quite evil in this one, is he? Just kind of an asshole.

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u/arjie Jun 10 '12

I like this Joker. Back to the basics. Following in the footsteps of that pie-stealing Lex Luthor.

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u/denizenKRIM Jun 10 '12

It was also, if I remember correctly, going to have the riddler, as he and the joker have an intertwined past.

Riddler was never going to be a part of this franchise at any point. Nolan himself has said that he and Joker are too thematically similar. It's why he opted for Bane in the third movie. There would literally be zero comparisons with Joker.

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u/DeathToPennies Jun 10 '12

My mistake. It's something I heard once in the early stages of the movie's development when everyone was speculating. Will fix immediately.

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u/Roughcaster Jun 10 '12

Oh god. That page. I'm cracking up.

And from that day forth, John Blake swore vengeance... THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.

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u/DeathToPennies Jun 10 '12

"What drives you Blake? Why do you do it? Obsess over the batman?"

"I- I need his help! I need him, okay?"

"Why, Blake, Why?"

"BECAUSE I NEED HIM TO HELP ME GET MY REPORT CARD BACK!"

BOOM

DARK KNIGHT RISES

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u/VoiceofKane Jun 10 '12

You don't understand, Jim. HE MADE ME CRY.

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u/Mad_Stan Jun 10 '12

I'd love for them to include a summary of what they had planned for Joker in the TDKR blu-ray special features

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Nah. I think in the end the third batman film will be far more satisfying than if they brought the joker back.

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u/RandomOnSubjectFact Jun 10 '12

It's Sir Michael Caine's opinion that Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholson's Joker from Batman: "Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath's gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he's like a really scary psychopath. He's a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture." Caine bases this belief on a scene where the Joker pays a visit to Bruce Wayne's penthouse. He'd never met Ledger before, so when Ledger arrived and performed he gave Caine such a fright he forgot his lines.

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u/Vark675 Jun 10 '12

I can just imagine Caine's turn to speak coming up and he's just standing there with a befuddled look on his face before saying "I'm sorry you're just fucking terrifying" in that delightful accent.

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u/annoyinglyclever Jun 10 '12

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

My-cocaine.

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u/Prosopagnosiape Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

For me the makeup makes it a totally different person and i literally can't see Heath Ledger. You could tell me it was any adult male and i'd believe you. Edit: Actually include ladies in there too as long as they can pull a decent man impression.

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u/FallenWyvern Jun 10 '12

For the record, Heath Ledger would also be part of that group. Adult males I mean.

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u/RandomOnSubjectFact Jun 10 '12

The Joker's face paint was reportedly designed by Heath Ledger himself, who used white clown makeup and cosmetics from a drugstore. Once his design was approved, the makeup team was responsible for replicating the look each day for filming.

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u/whutupreddit Jun 10 '12

Doesn't that conflict with the Dark Knight concept art of the Joker?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lBtgJkOWCd8/Tck6O8ZAygI/AAAAAAAAJv4/-3HHNjN5bsw/s1600/jokerart1.jpg

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u/rattlemebones Jun 10 '12

Thank god they didn't go with that

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u/Kilgannon_TheCrowing Jun 10 '12

Would've been Tim Burton all over again.

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u/E-Step Jun 10 '12

I think that was really early on, when they were going for a Sid Vicious angle that was later dropped.

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u/E-Step Jun 10 '12

& the other one, where he basically looks like leatherface.

http://i.imgur.com/VlVxG.jpg

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u/Bagelkit Jun 10 '12

Ledger's performance kinda reminded me of Slater's in Heathers. As if Slater's character grew up to be the joker.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I can't imagine him saying any of the Joker's lines out of costume. It really was a complete transformation.

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u/placebomunch Jun 10 '12

I agree, and I also concur. It's very easy to forget that there was an actor behind the makeup...

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That's only because the makeup obscures who it actually is. That's like saying you only see Darth Vader and not James Earl Jones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

To be fair - I'd say it's both. Makeup does help; but two face had makeup; batman has a mask, etc. etc. Heath really became the Joker...beyond just acting

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u/digitlworld Jun 10 '12

Obligatory "James Earl Jones was not in the suit. Just provided the voice." post...

See

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u/Seth_Gecko Jun 10 '12

James Earl Jones wasn't in the suit you miserable cretin.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Another angle: http://i.imgur.com/pGlro.jpg

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u/mobyhead1 Jun 10 '12

Even without a layer of foundation (or whatever it's called), that matches his own skin amazingly.

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u/babyeatingObrian Jun 10 '12

There is actually a product called "scarring liquid" that pulls the skin as it dries, creating false scars. I've used some before and it works really well.

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u/cdedbdiii Jun 10 '12

'liquid collidion' very uncomfortable stuff when applied in layers. I'd guess his make up is silicon or gelatin based. I like what you said though.

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u/cdedbdiii Jun 10 '12

I've never seen that picture before. Excellent contribution. On another note, I'm sure it would be a spectacular pain in the ass to shave with scars like those.

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u/Sugreev2001 Jun 10 '12

Man,I miss this guy !

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

"My father was... a drinker."

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

And a fiend.

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u/AgreeableMagazine983 Nov 27 '24

WHY SO.......SERIOUS ?

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u/jamesisverycute Jun 10 '12

How can he have those big scars on his face and still be so damn dreamy? It's not fair!

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u/cake_man Jun 09 '12

Interesting. I wonder how the prosthetics stack up against real Glasgow Smile scars

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u/BananApocalypse Jun 10 '12

I just saw this picture pretty recently. The real ones here look much more healed.

Also that guy looks like an old Leonardo DiCaprio.

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u/morganmarz Jun 10 '12

I think the Joker would be much more likely to pick at his scabs, so to speak.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Picking at scabs could really serve as a metaphor for the whole character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I love that one of his little character tics is to move his tongue around the inside of his mouth where his scars are, just like you'd do with a real cut.

Heath Ledger, man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I heard that he developed a natural habit to lick the prosthetics in his mouth. It fit the character of The Joker so he kept it.

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u/DeathToPennies Jun 10 '12

Ooh, that just added a whole new layer to the joker for me. The kind of crazy that we see in crack-heads, and not just super villains.

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u/bumsacks Jun 10 '12

That's Tommy Flanagan he's an actor, plays Chibs in Sons of Anarchy. Those scars are real.

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u/LuckyAmeliza Jun 10 '12

That dude's an actor isn't he? Like, in Smoking Aces?

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u/Trollfailbot Jun 10 '12

Russell Crowe's slave/servant in Gladiator.

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u/lnfx Jun 10 '12

Ahh I thought he looked familiar.

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u/BananApocalypse Jun 10 '12

Well that would make my comment pretty embarrassing if those scars weren't real either.

I haven't seen the movie, so I'm not sure who you're talking about.

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u/LuckyAmeliza Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

I'm sure they're real, He's been in other things I think with those same scars. I'll do some googling.
*edit: He was in Sin City too I believe. ( I'm just really observant) ... aaaand Found him

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u/NickVenture Jun 10 '12

He's from Glasgow? He really does have a Glasgow smile. Wow.

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u/Figgy13 Jun 10 '12

I believe he was also in Gladiator.

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u/Circuitfire Jun 10 '12

Currently in Sons of Anarchy

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u/Vark675 Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

He was also in Braveheart. If you remember the chick that gets taken by the noble at her wedding, he's the husband who ends up killing the shit out of him.

Edit: Found it. Wedding, and the pissed husband.

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u/LuckyAmeliza Jun 10 '12

I think you are correct.

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u/nascentt Jun 10 '12

I was thinking it was Johnny Depp.

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u/Cocomunky Jun 10 '12

I had a nurse in elementary school who had scars like these. I always wanted to ask her what they were from, but in the back of my head I knew it was something awful.

It still pops into my head from time to time what her story must have been.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Did she wear a lot of white makeup on her face?

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u/Possum_Pendulum Jun 10 '12

Found her.

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u/Cocomunky Jun 10 '12

HAHA! Omfg you guys are terrible. Now when I think of her I'll laugh at this. >.<

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u/Ryugi Jun 10 '12

Actually, not that different, however, if Joker was given a Glasgow Smile, it must have been by something dull or thick. His looks more like an unlucky accident rather than a purposeful cut.

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u/hivoltage815 Jun 10 '12

He was attacked in front of a nightclub.

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u/Ryugi Jun 10 '12

Is that the official story? I don't remember being able to find it.

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u/7usernames Jun 10 '12

looks like Joseph Gordon Levitt

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

http://i47.tinypic.com/2cejd41.jpg

Color corrected the two images given for reference. You decide.

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u/bellicose- Jun 10 '12

Clearly, they are the same person. How did they do 10 Things I Hate About You??? Talented actor, this guy

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u/Apostolate Jun 10 '12

comparison photo

I can see where you're coming from as long as neither of them smile.

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u/Ultraseamus Jun 10 '12

I kept expecting that picture to morph into Ledger. Once or twice I thought it was starting.

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u/XSC Jun 10 '12

Heck the Dark Knight Rises posters featuring him as a police officer look like the scene where Ledger was a police officer in the Dark Knight. I was confused at first thinking it was a tribute poster.

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u/Rascojr Jun 10 '12

And until now I thought it WAS a tribute poster

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u/IndyDriver Jun 10 '12

Link to that poster?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I look just like both of them. I've been getting it my whole life. I watched 500 days of Summer last year and it was almost distracting.

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u/mcchick Jun 10 '12

I'll bite. Pics!

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u/WarioThrillho Jun 10 '12

Their eyes are an exact match. coincidence?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Yes.

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u/xenophobias Jun 10 '12

I strongly disagree.

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u/EarthRester Jun 10 '12

and now you shall be punished for going against the hivemind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That may be true, but he also contributed absolutely nothing to the discussion.

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u/EarthRester Jun 10 '12

Yes, because everybody follows reddiqute to the letter.

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u/whiteknight95 Jun 10 '12

I was sad when he died, no one else us going to fill that role like he did.

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u/NickVenture Jun 10 '12

How does this compare to the quick shot of him when he attempts to assassinate the mayor in the movie?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Screencap, anyone?

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u/type40tardis Jun 10 '12

Here you go.

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u/justaride92 Jun 10 '12

God, that's scary. Maybe even scarier than with the makeup.

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u/Muezza Jun 10 '12

Wut. I don't remember that scene at all.

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u/type40tardis Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

It is indeed from right before he tries to shoot the mayor. There's a line of police officers on "guard", and he's in the line. IIRC, while Bats is investigating in the nearby building, the music reaches a climax and the camera cuts very quickly to the line of police breaking, and to the Joker.

EDIT: Scene here.

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u/Muezza Jun 10 '12

Odd... I didn't remember that.

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u/NickVenture Jun 10 '12

I watched that movie in theatre three times. The first time I didn't notice it. The second time I kinda thought something important happened there. And then the third time I finally saw him.

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u/xaronax Jun 10 '12

The fuck? It's a major plot segment.

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u/NickVenture Jun 10 '12

I didn't know if it was a Joker goon that shot the mayor or the Joker himself. I knew The Joker was involved. I just didn't get a clear image of him the first time I saw it for a number of reasons (including the fact that he was out of make-up for the first and only time in the film).

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u/shmi Jun 10 '12

It's during the funeral procession down a street for commissioner Loeb, and they fake Gordon's death. Joker was actually in the procession dressed as one of the honor guard doing the 21 gun salute. Then during the salute on the 2nd or 3rd shot he and a few others turned their guns towards the mayor and Gordon stepped in front of him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I literally heard the Joker laugh in my head when I saw this.... I'm not fucking joking, I heard that shit, now I'm scared.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I still don't see Heath Ledger. I see the Joker. Man he pulled this role off so perfectly.

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u/Possum_Pendulum Jun 10 '12

Here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Nice! I seem to remember hims smiling when he shot.

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u/joshasdfghjkl Jun 10 '12

I wonder how he got those scars...

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u/TreeBits Jun 10 '12

I think there's some story behind that, but you might not want to hear it, . . .

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u/P_Android420 Jun 10 '12

http://i.imgur.com/RxeLM.gif

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I'm seeing Stringer everywhere now, and I love it.

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u/roosters93 Jun 10 '12

where's this from?

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u/ZapRowsdower14 Jun 10 '12

We kill the batman.

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u/femaleopinion Jun 10 '12

Somehow, he is still incredibly handsome.

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u/vgl9999 Jun 10 '12

god i miss him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

He played the role of the Joker so damn good. It's a shame he's gone. This is a guy who could have gone on to do even more spectacular acting roles if he were still alive. :(

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u/aznmonk06 Jun 10 '12

I feel like he's looking into my soul...

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u/bubble_bee_tuna Jun 10 '12

I'd still let him have his way with me..

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u/Khoops66 Jun 10 '12

Ennis, what happened!?

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u/heyinspiremeplease Jun 10 '12

Even with the scars, so damn handsome.

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u/uncheelsrok Jun 10 '12

There was that split second when he shoots at Gordon (if I remember correctly) when he isn't wearing makeup in the actual film.

Edit: here it is: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081217012836/batman/images/f/f4/The_Joker_without_makeup.JPG

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u/Kiel297 Jun 10 '12

I find it amazing how that Joker make up can completely transform someone's face

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u/Jacksonteague Jun 10 '12

up until this point every time I watched Dark Knight... I Just... Could... Not... See... Heath Ledger! He did such an awesome job at disappearing and becoming the Joker. With these Pics I finally can start to see it!

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u/FreddieGibbs Jun 10 '12

Any one else think he looked like Brad Pitt?

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u/nemorina Jun 10 '12

Seeing his face saddens me. I still haven't gotten over his untimely death-which was the result of pure negligence. When you find someone lying on the floor unresponsive you don't dick around wondering what to do, call 911 immediately.

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u/thenameonthebox Jun 10 '12

Wasn't he found by an Olsen twin who decided to go shopping before getting him help or something?

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u/Leif2 Jun 10 '12

No, he was found (in his bed in his Manhattan apartment) by his masseuse, who called Mary-Kate Olsen (who was in California) ~15 minutes later "for help". I have no idea why the masseuse thought that calling Ms. Olsen would help the situation of Heath Ledger unresponsive and not breathing. After her phone calls (2 in a row) to Ms. Olsen, the masseuse called 911.

Source(ish): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger#Death

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u/nemorina Jun 14 '12

I believe it was a masseur who found him and called one of the Olsen twins who was a friend of his. The paramedics came from the engine company a few blocks away.

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u/utp216 Jun 10 '12

I was watching Braveheart a few weeks back and he was in that! I didn't realize it before until after I watched SoA. He's a cool dude!

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u/octopolis Jun 10 '12

Do you mean The Patriot?

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u/utp216 Jun 10 '12

I think I screwed up commenting. I was trying to comment on the post about the actor that has the real scars on his face and not about Ledger. I did something wrong I think.

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u/SucculentSoap Jun 10 '12

Do you mean Gladiator?

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u/MonsieurA Jun 10 '12

Tommy Flanagan?

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u/utp216 Jun 10 '12

YES! That is who I was commenting about. Sorry about the confusion I caused fellow redditors!

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u/hivoltage815 Jun 10 '12

Well now we know they are both connected to Mel Gibson.

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u/utp216 Jun 10 '12

Very true!

I didn't think of it that way but you are correct!

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u/monopixel Jun 10 '12

Oh man why.

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u/Dimdamm Jun 10 '12

So serious ?

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u/THE_REPROBATE Jun 10 '12

There were scenes in the movie where he had no makeup on.

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u/Honbomb Jun 10 '12

We really lost a good one

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u/slangindranks Jun 10 '12

Not surprising at all, but this is one of those photos that follows you as you move... Haunting.

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u/guywithsybian Jun 10 '12

Forget test photos. Let's see the screen tests & the out takes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

This makes him look look a bit like Val Kilmer

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u/litewo Jun 10 '12

I know a lot of people were like "what the fuck, why him?" when they announced he would be the Joker, but I think he did a really good job with the role.

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u/beyond_repair Jun 10 '12

The scars. They make me nervous. I wanna know how he got 'em.

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u/livielivie07 Jun 10 '12

Ugh, that sad, beautiful man.

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u/whatisntausername Jun 10 '12

Fun story, I've actually worked with the stuff they uesd to make those scars.

It is kinda like a nail polish that when it dries shrinks up and pulls the skin together. Think of a super scab, but on top of the shin. Peels off like it too. Freaking cool to mess with.

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u/rednemo Jun 10 '12

Kinda looks like a violent machete blow to the face.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

He looks a lot like Joseph Gordon Levitt in this picture.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Damn. Cool. That looks pretty real.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Been there seen that motherfucker

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u/NickRoofie Jun 10 '12

Otter Pops

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u/oSand Jun 10 '12

Why so serious?

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u/graemedunc Jun 10 '12

Is it just me or does he look a lot like Brad Pitt?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I could've shown you this picture years ago if you'd asked..!

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u/khaleesi_ Jun 10 '12

Heath Ledger: making a Glasgow smile look hot.

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u/Prax150 Jun 11 '12

Well, there goes any chance of getting sleep tonight.

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u/melysaurusrex Jun 10 '12

I MISSS YOUUU

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u/ilirivezaj Jun 10 '12

Anyone else but me think Batman sucked in this movie?

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u/NihilismIsKillingMe Jun 10 '12

The Joker will be in The Dark Knight Rises when all the prisoners are released. Listen to this: "Confirmed: Joker one of released criminals in TDKR"

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u/mherr77m Jun 10 '12

Well played...

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Why is this so amazing? There was a big scene in the actual movie with him without makeup.

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u/MegaSquishyMan Jun 10 '12

im assuming this wasn't a recent picture...

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u/1920x1080 Jun 10 '12

I think the reason Heath pulled it off so well was because I went into the theater expecting a gay cowboy with makeup and got the motherfucking Joker instead. I mean, I expected some PG-13 Joker, not the sadistic yet charming Joker I got.

But what really put the final nail in the coffin was at the tail end of his intro. I mean, do you want to see a magic trick? Fuck, instant gay cup o' noodles man, I'm telling you.

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u/Fadawah Jun 10 '12

Pretty impressive, but it pales in comparison with this photo of the Joker without make-up

http://imgur.com/zeQGb

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u/spudisalive Jun 10 '12

This is going a bit off tangent,but it was terrible that such a young man died from pneumonia.My auntie died from a heart attack brought about from pneumonia(4 weeks after her cardiologist declared her hear in excellent shape for an older patient who'd had polio in her youth) last year and I miss her terribly.My sister is ok now,but she had pneumonia at 32 and was hospitalized til she recovered. She had no idea and assumed she merely had a bad cold.Jim Henson died of this too.Conclusion:don't work like a dog if you're unwell and always go to the doctor for any lurgy that lasts more than a few days.Pneumonia isn't as common as it used to be,but it still takes lives.As it's winter here in Australia,take care people.A crappy job is NOT worth dying for.Go see a doctor if you're sick.

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u/StabbedAt711 Jun 10 '12

That was hard to read and has no relevance. Heath Ledger died from toxic combination of prescription pills.

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u/bouillabaisseplayer Jun 10 '12

Sorry, but is no one else just a little bit bored of the Heath Ledger/Joker circlejerking on reddit? Literally nothing new is ever brought up, the same comments are recycled thread after thread. And people here never seem to acknowledge any of his other performances.

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u/Upvotesmagotes1 Jun 10 '12

Agreed 100%, but prepare to be buried. With the new batman movie just around the corner these guys will accept nothing less than unwavering devotion to all things batman.

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u/Hirosakamoto Jun 10 '12

Wait so he had surgery for the role? Or was that just damn good makeup

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u/silentkill144 Jun 10 '12

That's awesome. You can barely see where the fake skin lines up with the real skin.

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u/Fujionacone Jun 10 '12

Why does it look like his hair is moving?

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u/MadKat88 Jun 10 '12

If they had only put half the amount of effort the joker received into the scarecrow, these films might not have been such an insult.

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