Heath Ledger - Rides A Skateboard In His Role As "The Joker"

When I first started seeing the previews for the "Dark Knight" I had no idea that Ledger was playing the role of the Joker. And then, this morning I was reading an interview with the Christopher Nolan, the film's director, who was originally unsure of a skateboarding Joker...

"I'd fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members.

"If you'd asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work, they would have answered honestly that they didn't know.

"That's real charisma - as invisible and natural as gravity. That's what Heath had."

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