Bale: Heath Ledger Not Disturbed by Joker

Christian Bale Alexandra Wyman/WireImage.com

"It's not for me to tell anybody or to pretend to have insights beyond what I absolutely know, but my instincts are that the idea Heath was disturbed by playing The Joker is ridiculous.

"Heath was somebody who, like myself, acted for that immersion in a character. It's not an unusual thing. And from working with him and knowing him, I don't think that was unusual for him at all."

Christian Bale, in Total Film magazine on speculation that the late Heath Ledger may have been distressed by his role in the upcoming The Dark Knight

—Via Digital Spy

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