"He was a lovely guy, very gentle and unassuming," Caine wrote of Ledger, via Entertainment Weekly. "I wondered how he was going to play the Joker, especially as Jack Nicholson’s take had been so ...

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Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

Michael Caine reflects on Heath Ledger's impressive and unsettling transformation into the Joker in The Dark Knight. Caine recalls Ledger's total immersion in the sinister role, which earned him a ...

Michael Caine is getting candid on the late Heath Ledger ... when it came to transforming into the role of the Joker, Caine recalled that Ledger could turn it on for the cameras.

Michael Caine is opening up about his time filming The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger in his ... commends Ledger's ability to transform into the Joker as "a performance for the ages." ...

Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

Heath Ledger and Michael Caine. CREDIT: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage and Karwai Tang/WireImage Caine, who played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the movie, recalled working with him in his book Don ...