Heath Ledger & The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - How They Finished the Film

Heath Ledger and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: When Heath Ledger, 28, died of an accidental overdose on Jan. 22, 2008, in the middle of filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, director Terry Gilliam thought the production was certain to be shut down. Soon, though, Gilliam came up with a clever idea. What if — since the movie involved Ledger’s character taking people through a magical mirror into a dream world — Ledger’s character changed his appearance every time he entered the dream world? Gilliam reached out to Ledger’s friends Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell, and they all agreed to play the dream world versions of Ledger’s character. The addition of these stars made finishing the film — and keeping the financing — possible. Gilliam told Entertainment Weekly, “We’ll never know what the movie would’ve been like with Heath playing all of it, but what we have is magical.” #heathledger #joker #batman #thedarkknight #dccomics #thejoker #dc #jokermovie #joaquinphoenix #heathle