Filmmaker Stephen Gaghan has opened up about the film he almost made with late Hollywood star Heath Ledger and recalled the horrible moment he learned about the actor바카라s death.
Filmmaker Stephen Gaghan has opened up about the film he almost made with late Hollywood star Heath Ledger and recalled the horrible moment he learned about the actor바카라s death.
Filmmaker Stephen Gaghan has opened up about the film he almost made with late Hollywood star Heath Ledger and recalled the horrible moment he learned about the actor바카라s death.
Stephen spoke about Ledger, who gained universal acclaim and global spotlight with his performance as the chaotic character of Joker in 바카라The Dark Knight바카라, during his appearance on Malcolm Gladwell바카라s podcast miniseries 바카라Development Hell바카라.
The director and actor back then wanted to adapt Gladwell바카라s book, 바카라Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking바카라, which talks about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye. Stephen received a phone call from Ledger바카라s father and his close friend. Ledger had been found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 28 in January, 2008, due to accidental overdose of medications.
바카라They were there with the body, and our script was in bed with him, and your book was on the bedside table,바카라 Stephen told Gladwell as reported by deadline.com. 바카라I think my number was on the script -- like written. These guys are in, as you can imagine, they are in shock. And they dialed that number, and I don바카라t know why.바카라
At the time of the call, Stephen was at an airport with his wife Minnie Mortimer. He said he almost collapsed after learning about the news. 바카라I literally just collapse. It바카라s never happened to me before or since. I just literally sat down because I was like, 바카라What? What?바카라 What they were going through I should not have been a party to in any way, really, and yet as a human and somebody who just cares, I just was there and I was listening.바카라
바카라My wife was looking at me. I remember her face and I was just speechless. I just listened and listened and listened. It was just really, really sad. And it바카라s still sad.바카라 That shocking news led Stephen to put the Gladwell project on hold.
He said: 바카라For me, I just had to put a pin in it.바카라 The film was originally slated to star Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio. However, changes in the script called for a younger character.
바카라This other thing had happened off-camera, which is that I met Heath Ledger and I바카라d gotten to be very, very close with him instantly,바카라 Stephen said. 바카라I just had a real connection with him that was kind of unusual and really special to me. I got really excited, and I started seeing him as the main character. Once I started seeing that, I couldn바카라t un-see it.바카라
Revisiting the script has brought back many memories for the director. 바카라I got it out right before we got on. I was reading it. I was just like바카라 바카라I could be crazy, but I think this script is really good'," he told Gladwell on the podcast.
바카라We really had something really special, and we might바카라ve been ahead of our time or something,바카라 he said. Gladwell agreed.
바카라Maybe it바카라s time to bring Blink back to life. If there바카라s someone listening in some big office somewhere in Hollywood, I will get on a plane tomorrow, if that바카라s what it takes.바카라