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Michael Caine Says ‘I Was Terrified’ of Heath Ledger’s Joker on ‘Dark Knight’ Set, Recalls ‘Intense’ Press Tour as Journalists Only ‘Wanted to Talk About His Death’
Heath Ledger's Joker terrified Michael Caine on the set of "The Dark Knight," Caine writes in his new memoir.
Michael Caine writes in his new memoir, “Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life,” that he was actually “terrified” of Heath Ledger on the set of Christopher Nolan’s “ The Dark Knight ” (via NME). Caine played Alfred Pennyworth in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, with Ledger joining the second installment as the Joker. “We were all terribly shocked, and it made doing the publicity for ‘The Dark Knight’ that summer much more intense, because all the journalists wanted to talk about his death,” Caine adds.
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