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Ledger's Passing Stokes Joker Mania

Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:43:31 PM
By DAVID GERMAIN

Director Chris Nolan poses for portrait in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 13, 2008.  Nolan directed the upcoming film "The Dark Knight".  Posthumous films have long been part of Hollywood, but the next Batman adventure arguably is the most high-profile film yet to feature a recently deceased actor in a major role. Heath Ledger stars as the Joker in this summer's "The Dark Knight," and the filmmakers say the approach they're taking to the movie and its marketing has not budged since his death. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)LOS ANGELES (AP) - Heath Ledger's frenzied reinvention of the Joker had fans and colleagues buzzing. His dreadful clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the goosebump-raising image upon which nearly all early marketing of "The Dark Knight" hinged.

All this, while Ledger was still alive.

Now the Batman archfiend stands as Ledger's next-to-last performance. And while it's not the first, "The Dark Knight" has already emerged as arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history.


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