Digg
Facebook
Twitter
Last FM
Linkedin
StumbleUpon
Technorati
'Dark Knight' Cast Members Weigh Ledger's Oscar Chances
Earlier this week, we shared with you the
outpouring of support from critics for
Heath Ledger's
work in
The Dark Knight.
The consensus was that we're probably headed to a posthumous Oscar nomination,
the eighth one of all time. A lot of writers already believe Ledger may have
the Academy Award in the bag.
Says Christian Bale, who, of course, shares significant screen time with Ledger in the film, "A lot of people talk about awards all the time, and it's early days. But if anybody deserves it, of course, it is Heath in this."
"I do think that Heath has created an iconic villain that will stand for the ages, and of course, I would love to see him get an award," Bale continued. "But you know, to me, you can witness his talent, celebrate his talent within this movie. Anything else is gravy."
Gary Oldman, who like Bale has mysteriously never earned an Oscar nomination himself, admits, "I think it's an incredible performance. I think it sets a new benchmark. It would surprise me if he didn't get a posthumous Oscar for it." And from Maggie Gyllenhaal, who replaced Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes for The Dark Knight, we get this highly analytical review:"He hit it in the entire performance. It's so difficult to do that in a huge movie like this and much easier to do in the tiny movies. That's why those are always the people who win Academy Awards. Heath was (amazing); it's so unusual, and it happens really rarely even for the best actors, that you just hit this stride in a role and you're totally free. And when that happens, you can do no wrong. It's incredible to be around, and that's what it was like with him."If the performance really does live up to all the talk - and there's every reason to suspect that it does - then not only will Ledger get an Oscar nomination (and likely a win), but he will have earned it for what he did in the film and not for the fact that he can never do it again.
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 11:29AM
by
Colin Boyd
in Christian Bale, Comic Book Movies, Batman, DC Comics, Dark Knight, Academy Awards, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christopher Nolan, Heath Ledger
|
6 Comments
Colin Boyd
in Christian Bale, Comic Book Movies, Batman, DC Comics, Dark Knight, Academy Awards, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christopher Nolan, Heath Ledger
|
6 Comments
Reader Comments (6)
A nom is all but a certainty but a win from what I believe I have read, has only been done once before posthumously. Its also still very early in a very weak Oscar film year to this point, so I am sure his performance will be outstanding, an Oscar (even though they are so political anyway) is still far from a sure thing.
i'm not going to lie, i remember when we first heard that Heath was going to play Joker and how you basically had 2 full days of talking about it when you still had the radio station and Free FM was still around.
now two years later and we are talking about a possible oscar, it is nuts
i wish we could go back and see those people who didn't think this would work and see them now
Man, i love this movie, i really love it
And if you remember, Nick, I was all for this move and Robert Downey, Jr. back then...
i do! i remember i was iffy at first on the Heath as Joker, but the more i thought about it, the more i thought it could be interesting and that he could totally re-invent him... which it seems he did.
and i was with you all the way on RDJ being Tony Stark... that just made way to much sense with the alcoholic dug user playing a well alcoholic drug user... it is good to see hollywood finally make some movies that are awesome with the comics i love to read
Before he died I figured it a longstretch to get a nomination. And it's a shame there really were no trailers before his death to prove that he'd have gotten nominated regardless, because some figured it's just because he died. But after seeing the trailers like everyone else he not only will get a nod for his acting but possibly an Oscar. When critics and amazing actors like Gary Oldman, & Christian Bale says they'd be surprised if he didn't get the Oscast truly speaks volumes. This is the way The Joker was always meant to be onscreen and Heath nailed it.