Ledger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. Michael Caine, who played Alfred J. Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, didn't have a ton of scenes with ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008 Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Michael Caine reflected on working with the late Heath Ledger during ... he was initially skeptical about Ledger's casting as Batman's classic nemesis The Joker, only to be later blown away ...

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 recalled his time filming The Dark Knight with late actor Heath ... that once Ledger's hair and makeup for psychopath villain was completed, his portrayal of the Joker was "chilling ...

Last November, we talked about Charlie flinching after the explosion, and you commented that it reminded you of Heath Ledger’s Joker following the delayed hospital explosion in The Dark Knight.

Heath Ledger's performance in Christopher Nolan's 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight is widely considered to be the best portrayal of the Joker. No offence to Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Hamill or Jack ...

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.