Do dead actors make good movies?
Some performances with a lot of hype end up not living up to it. This isn’t the case with Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker. It truly is a remarkable performance. He took control of every scene he was in, and he completely owned that character. The only thing his death did was perhaps cause a little extra interest in the movie. The movie would have had a tremendous amount of interest and a lot of people would have seen it regardless, but it may have created some additional interest. But that doesn’t change his performance or how good it was. It really is a memorable and noteworthy performance. I think it is even worthy of a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
