Shekar Kapur remembers Ledger, dines with Bloom
January 24th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Internationally-acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur expressed his grief on the passing of Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died two years ago. The “Elizabeth” director dined with Hollywood star Orlando Bloom to remember Ledger.
“It’s second anniversary of Heath’s passing… Even through the sadness and heavy heart I sense him laughing and smiling almost looking down and saying ‘Get on with it, Mate!’,” Kapur posted on his blog www.shekharkapur.com/blog, from San Jose, California.
“So, I am just going to look up at Heath’s smiling face and say ‘Hey, Mate! We are still down here trying to understand it all’… Trying to imitate his broad Australian drawl,” he added.
“Tonight I am going to LA (Los Angeles) and having dinner with Orando Bloom. The last time we met was in Heath’s (Ledger) friend’s pad in Melbourne, where Heath was proudly showing a rough cut of ‘The Four Feathers’ (his 2002 movie) to all his friends,” he wrote Friday.
“So proud was he (Ledger) of his performance in a film that actually did very little at the box office,” he added.
Ledger passed away Jan 22, 2008, due to a drug overdose. He posthumously won an Oscar for his role as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”.
- No replacement for Heath Ledger's Joker role in Batman - Jun 07, 2010
- No replacement of Ledger in 'The Dark Knight' sequel - Jun 08, 2010
- Unseen footage of Heath Ledger to be used in next Batman movie? - Dec 02, 2010
- Nolan announces 'Batman 3' title - Oct 28, 2010
- No Heath Ledger In Dark Knight Rises - Dec 05, 2010
- 'The Dark Knight' sequel to hit screens in 2012 - May 02, 2010
- Shekar Kapur approaches Christoph Waltz for 'Paani' - Apr 18, 2010
- Batman 3 movie title revealed - Oct 28, 2010
- No Joker In "Batman 3"? - Jul 17, 2010
- Anne Hathaway From Tiara To Catsuit In 'The Dark Knight Rises' - Jan 20, 2011
- 'Brokeback Mountain' Star Heath Ledger's Apartment Up For Sale - Nov 20, 2010
- Crowe replaces Ledger in Australian film - Aug 07, 2010
- 'The Dark Knight Rises' Not The Last Batman Movie For Christian Bale? - Jan 23, 2011
- Australian rapper to release Ledger's last work - Jul 12, 2010
- Russell Crowe Replaces Late Heath Ledger In Australian Film Dirt Music - Aug 10, 2010
Tags: actor heath, australian actor, christopher nolan, dark knight, drawl, drug overdose, four feathers, heath ledger, heavy heart, hollywood star, indian filmmaker, jan 24, joker, New Delhi, orlando bloom, rough cut, sadness, san jose california, shekhar kapur, smiling face