I felt like I came of age with Heath Ledger. He was starring in teen movies when I was a teen, and as I grew up, the films he worked on matured with me. When we lost him, I remember just going to a cafe and sitting outside for a while, thinking about why the actor meant so much to us all.Today, I want to dig into what I think are the ten best roles Ledger ever embodied. There are big and small movies, but all of them contain incredible performances.Let's dive in.10. Candy (2006)Role: DanDirector: Neil ArmfieldWriters: Neil Armfield, Luke DaviesCast: Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey RushDon't do heroin. It is bad. This is Ledger’s most harrowing work. He plays a poet spiraling into addiction, and it is unpleasant. Ledger captures the euphoria and the subsequent agony of dependency in a raw and unapologetic fashion. 9. Lords of Dogtown (2005)Role: Skip EngblomDirector: Catherine HardwickeWriter: Stacy PeraltaCast: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson, Michael AngaranoThe doc about this story is an all-timer. So when it came time to adapt it, you needed characters that could jump off the screen. And Ledger was one of the right picks. He played the cynical, beer-swilling mentor to the Z-Boys. This was a pivotal moment where he leaned into "character acting" and proved he was happy to disappear into a role that wasn't glamorous. He was having fun. 8. Monster’s Ball (2001)Role: Sonny GrotowskiDirector: Marc ForsterWriters: Milo Addica, Will RokosCast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 22 January