Heath Ledger Joker Stuns Caine

During rehearsals for The Dark Knight (2008), Michael Caine met Heath Ledger in full Joker costume for the first time on the movie’s first day of rehearsal. Ledger had to ride up an elevator into Bruce Wayne’s home, and Caine expected a normal entrance until the scene revealed the Joker had killed the “friends” and stormed out of the lift. Caine said Ledger “came tearing out,” and the shock made him forget every line.

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